Discourses of 'Krizis': Economic crisis in Russia and regime legitimacy

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 385-406

  Feklyunina, Valentina ^a   White, Stephen ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859056216     PISSN: 13523279     EISSN: 17439116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13523279.2011.595154     Document Type: Article

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