The sub-national roots of authoritarianism: Neopatrimonialism and territorial administration in Uzbekistan

Demokratizatsiya

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-408

  Markowitz, Lawrence ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; ECONOMIC REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 84870915906     PISSN: 10746846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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