The "third-worldization" of a "second-world" nation: de-development in post-communist Bulgaria

New Political Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-112

  Vassilev, Rossen ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85050835225     PISSN: 07393148     EISSN: 14699931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0739314032000077400     Document Type: Article

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