Authoritarian versus democratic diffusions: Explaining institutional choices in Russia's local government

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-62

  Gel'man, Vladimir ^a   Lankina, Tomila ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY AT ST PETERSBURG   (Russian Federation)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; DATA SET; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DEMOCRATIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; STATE BUILDING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 41349087315     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.24.1.40     Document Type: Article

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