Putin's federal reforms and the consolidation of federalism in Russia: One step forward, two steps back!

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-47

  Ross, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Federalism; Putin; Russia

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL REFORM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0037336477     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-067X(02)00057-0     Document Type: Article

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