Majorities without mandates: The Russian Federation Council since 2000

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 667-691

  Remington, Thomas F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEDERAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL REFORM; REFORM PROCESS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0041730414     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966813032000086828     Document Type: Article

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