Plebiscitarian patrimonialism in Putin's Russia: Legitimating authoritarianism in a postideological era

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 636, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-48

  Hanson, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Patrimonialism; Plebiscitarianism; Putin; Russia; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960415879     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716211398210     Document Type: Article

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