The unrule of law in the making: The politics of informal institution building in Russia

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1021-1040

  Gel'man, Vladimir ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEGAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POST-COMMUNISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 10644254492     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1465342042000294347     Document Type: Article

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