Electoral Participation, Ideology, and Party Politics in Post-Communist Europe

Journal of Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1161-1172

  Bohrer, Robert E ^a   Pacek, Alexander C ^b   Radcliff, Benjamin ^c  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84937329487     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00051     Document Type: Article

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