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Political Institutions and Electoral Behavior in Central and Eastern Europe

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There are many plausible ways to depict and explain the electoral behavior of the contemporary homo políticas. The one offered here is a very simple, though — in my view — parsimonious one. The main theme discussed concerns the changes that took place over the last decade in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, determining two crucial aspects of the phenomenon: electoral participation and political choice.

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Markowski, R. (2002). Political Institutions and Electoral Behavior in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Fuchs, D., Roller, E., Weßels, B. (eds) Bürger und Demokratie in Ost und West. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-89596-7_10

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