The Russian state in the time of Putin

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-230

  Easter, Gerald M ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CAPITALISM; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL POWER; POST-COMMUNISM; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 55849098937     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.24.3.199     Document Type: Article

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