Kyrgyzstan: A parliamentary system based on inter-elite consensus

Demokratizatsiya

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-344

  Marat, Erica ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONS; POLITICAL PROCESS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

KYRGYZSTAN;

EID: 84870889421     PISSN: 10746846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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