Dominant party regimes and the commitment problem: The case of United Russia

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-526

  Reuter, Ora John ^a   Remington, Thomas F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarian regime; Dominant party; Elite; Putin; Russia; United Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849161254     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008327426     Document Type: Article

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