Party systems and cleavage structures revisited: A sociological explanation of party system institutionalization in East Central Europe

Party Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-36

  Bértoa, Fernando Casal ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cleavages; East Central Europe; number of parties; party system institutionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892844970     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068811436042     Document Type: Article

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