Democratization and the European Union: Comparing Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries

Democratization and the European Union: Comparing Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-265

  Morlino, Leonardo ^a   Sadurski, Wojciech ^b  

^a Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84945662657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203851746     Document Type: Book

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