Engineering victory: Institutional reform, informal institutions, and the formation of a hegemonic party regime in the Russian Federation

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-137

  Smyth, Regina ^a   Lowry, Anna ^a   Wilkening, Brandon ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 36348931024     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.23.2.118     Document Type: Article

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