Parties, regime and cleavages: Explaining party system institutionalisation in East Central Europe

East European Politics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-472

  Bértoa, Fernando Casal ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Elections; Political parties; Post communism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879529229     PISSN: 21599165     EISSN: 21599173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2012.720569     Document Type: Article

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