Informal politics and the uncertain context of transition: Revisiting early stage non-democratic development in Kazakhstan

Democratization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-25

  Isaacs, Rico ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency; Former soviet union; Informal politics; Kazakhstan; Neopatrimonialism; Non democratic transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349101267     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340903453773     Document Type: Article

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