Electoral systems and party formation in Russia: A Cross-Regional Analysis

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 912-935

  Golosov, Grigorii V ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY AT ST PETERSBURG   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electoral systems; Political parties; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141542691     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003256115     Document Type: Review

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