Formal constitutions in informal politics: Institutions and democratization in post-soviet Eurasia

World Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-617

  Hale, Henry E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EURASIA;

EID: 80054945757     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887111000189     Document Type: Article

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