Nothing personal: Explaining the rise and decline of political machines in Ukraine

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 250-278

  Kudelia, Serhiy ^a   Kuzio, Taras ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

elections; party organization; party building; patronage; political machine; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988286098     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2014.920985     Document Type: Article

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