Patterns of Democracy?: Counterevidence from Nineteen Post-Communist Countries

Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-220

  Fortin, Jessica ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Zentrum für Demokratieforschung   (Germany)

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EID: 78650367902     PISSN: 18652646     EISSN: 18652654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12286-008-0014-1     Document Type: Article

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