Multiple democracies: Political cultures and democratic variety in post-enlargement Europe

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-178

  Blokker, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; democratic ethics; democratization; models of democracy; political culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044982594     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569770802180244     Document Type: Article

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