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What Does It Take to Get Elected in a Post-Communist Democracy?: Explaining the Success and Failure of Parliamentary Candidates in Estonia

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East European Politics & Societies, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 169 - 188

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/0888325415577862

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The literature on post-communist democracies has traditionally suggested that organisational strength is considerably less important for electoral success than extensive media-based campaigns. Recent studies on party-level electoral dynamics, however, indicate that this might not be the case any lon...

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Published: 2016
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