Power within Parties: The Strength of the Local Party and MP Independence in Postcommunist Europe

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 923-936

  Tavits, Margit ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054020832     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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