The sovietization of Russian politics

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-309

  Kryshtanovskaya, Ol'ga ^a   White, Stephen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; ELITE POLITICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REGIONAL SECURITY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 73649143521     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.24.4.283     Document Type: Article

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