Organizing for success: Party organizational strength and electoral performance in postcommunist Europe

Journal of Politics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-97

  Tavits, Margit ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857151729     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381611001198     Document Type: Article

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