Why was democracy lost in Russia's regions? Lessons from Nizhnii Novgorod

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-382

  Sharafutdinova, Gulnaz ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crony capitalism; Elite networks; Political competition; Russian regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548463362     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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