Redefining Russia: Hybrid regimes, fieldwork, and Russian politics

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1055-1075

  Goode, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S153759271000318X     Document Type: Article

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