“Aiming at a Moving Target”: Social Science and the Recent Rebellions in Eastern Europe

PS: Political Science & Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 12-20

  Tarrow, Sidney ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 84971939886     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/419368     Document Type: Article

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