The partnership for modernisation: Contradictions of the Russian modernisation Agenda

European Politics and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-26

  Flenley, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; EU Russia relations; Human Rights; Modernisation; Partnership for modernisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940174860     PISSN: 23745118     EISSN: 23745126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2014.965893     Document Type: Article

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