The ghosts of the past, the dreamlands of the future ... or why fantasies are bound to fail in socialism and the market: The case of public health policy development in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-232

  Fotaki, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fantasy; Market; Psychoanalysis; Public health policy; Russia; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649100792     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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