Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2006, 42(6): 1115-1136 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2006.42.6.01

Czech Exceptionalism? A Comparative Political Economy Interpretation of Post-Communist Policy Pathways, 1989-2004

Pieter Vanhuysse
School of Political Sciences and Faculty of Education,
University of Haifa

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Vanhuysse, P. (2006). Czech Exceptionalism? A Comparative Political Economy Interpretation of Post-Communist Policy Pathways, 1989-2004. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 42(6), 1115-1136. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2006.42.6.01.
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