Transitional Societies in Eastern Europe: Moving Beyond the Washington Consensus Paradigm in Transitology

Sociology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1044-1057

  Kokushkin, Maksim ^a  

^a KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 82955161577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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