The State as Investment Market: A Framework for Interpreting the Post-Soviet State in Eurasia

Governance

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-40

  Engvall, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84919873545     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gove.12064     Document Type: Article

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