Contacting and complaining: Political participation and the failure of democracy in Russia

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-325

  Lussier, Danielle ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRACY; ELITE POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POPULAR PROTEST;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79960472241     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.27.3.289     Document Type: Article

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