Economy, corruption or floating voters? Explaining the breakthroughs of anti-establishment reform parties in eastern Europe

Party Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 522-533

  Hanley, Seán ^a   Sikk, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corruption; eastern Europe; new parties; party system change; QCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976349136     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068814550438     Document Type: Article

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