How they leave: A comparison of how the first presidents of the Soviet successor states left office

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 61-78

  Brooker, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL CHANGE; POST-COMMUNISM; POWER RELATIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 10944268088     PISSN: 13523279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1352327042000306057     Document Type: Article

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