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| Political parties in post-communist societies: Formation, persistence, and change M Spirova Springer, 2007 | 94 | 2007 |
| Podemos and Ciudadanos shake up the Spanish party system: The 2015 local and regional elections T Rodon, MJ Hierro South European Society and Politics 21 (3), 339-357, 2016 | 72 | 2016 |
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| Party patronage in contemporary democracies: Results from an expert survey in 22 countries from five regions P Kopecký, JANHM SAHLING, F Panizza, G Scherlis, C Schuster, ... European Journal of Political Research 55 (2), 416-431, 2016 | 52 | 2016 |
| Conceptualizing and measuring party patronage P Kopecky, G Scherlis, M Spirova Political Concepts, Committee on Concepts and Methods Working Paper Series 25, 2008 | 50 | 2008 |
| Political parties in Bulgaria: Organizational trends in comparative perspective M Spirova Party Politics 11 (5), 601-622, 2005 | 48 | 2005 |
| The EU accession process and the Roma minorities in new and soon-to-be member states M Spirova, D Budd Comparative European Politics 6 (1), 81-101, 2008 | 46 | 2008 |
| Parliamentary opposition in post-communist democracies: Power of the powerless P Kopecký, M Spirova The Journal of Legislative Studies 14 (1-2), 133-159, 2008 | 33 | 2008 |
| Europarties and party development in EU-candidate states: The case of Bulgaria M Spirova Europe-Asia Studies 60 (5), 791-808, 2008 | 32 | 2008 |
| The Bulgarian socialist party: The long road to Europe M Spirova Communist and Post-Communist Studies 41 (4), 481-495, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| The parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, June 2005 M Spirova Electoral Studies 3 (25), 616-621, 2006 | 22 | 2006 |
| Get a subsidy or perish! Public funding and party survival in Eastern Europe FC Bértoa, M Spirova The Legal Regulation of Political Parties, Working Paper Series, 2013 | 20 | 2013 |
| Electoral Law in Eastern Europe: Bulgaria R Kolarova, D Dimitrov East European Constitutional Review 3 (2), 50-54, 1994 | 16* | 1994 |
| Party patronage in Italy: A matter for solitary leaders F Di Mascio Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies, 229-249, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
| The European dimension of minority political representation: Bulgaria and Romania compared M Spirova, B Stefanova East European Politics and Societies 26 (1), 75-92, 2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| A Tradition We Don’t Mess With: Party Patronage in Bulgaria M Spirova Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies, 54-73, 2012 | 12 | 2012 |
| Beyond the Cartel Party? Party Patronage and the Nature of Parties in New Democracies P Kopecký, M Spirova, G Scherlis São Paulo, IPSA-ECPR Joint Conference 33, 2011 | 12 | 2011 |
| Corruption and Democracy The" Color Revolutions" in Georgia and Ukraine. M Spirova Taiwan journal of democracy 4 (2), 2008 | 12 | 2008 |