Assisting Political Parties

Issue Date April 2007
Volume 18
Issue 2
Page Numbers 167-174
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A review of Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies by Thomas Carothers.

About the Author

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi is professor of democratization and policy analysis at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Her latest book, The Quest for Good Governance: How Societies Develop Control of Corruption, has just been published by Cambridge University Press.

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