Putin and the "Delegative Democracy" Trap: Evidence from Russia's 2003-04 Elections

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-319

  Hale, Henry E ^a   McFaul, Michael ^b   Colton, Timothy J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL CHANGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 12944295039     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.20.4.285     Document Type: Article

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