The political economy of social policy reform in Russia: Ideas, institutions, and interests

Left Parties And Social Policy In Postcommunist Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 207-234

  Mcfaul, Michael ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE   (United States)

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