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Luca Tomini Author & Editor

Luca Tomini is Chargé de Recherche FNRS at the University of Brussels and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Challenges of Democracy in the 21st Century cover

Challenges of Democracy in the 21st Century

2 contributors - Hardback

£145.00

Autocratization in post-Cold War Political Regimes cover

Autocratization in post-Cold War Political Regimes

2 authors - Hardback

£59.99

Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe cover

Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe

Luca Tomini - Paperback

£45.99

Challenges of Democracy in the 21st Century cover

Challenges of Democracy in the 21st Century

2 contributors - Paperback

£41.99

When Democracies Collapse cover

When Democracies Collapse

Luca Tomini - Hardback

£145.00

The State of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe cover

The State of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

2 contributors - Hardback

£145.00

When Democracies Collapse cover

When Democracies Collapse

Luca Tomini - Paperback

£41.99

The State of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe cover

The State of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

2 contributors - Paperback

£49.99

Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe cover

Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe

Luca Tomini - Hardback

£150.00

The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization cover

The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization

2 contributors - Hardback

£230.00