The Russian law on subsurface resources: A policy marathon

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-184

  Fortescue, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; LEGISLATION; NATIONAL POLITICS; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 70349569237     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.24.2.160     Document Type: Article

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