Local elites, political capital and democratic development: Governing leaders in seven european countries

Local Elites, Political Capital and Democratic Development: Governing Leaders in Seven European Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-386

  Szücs, Stefan ^a   Strömberg, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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