Comparing legitimation strategies in post-soviet countries

Politics and Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 18-46

  von Soest, Christian ^a   Grauvogel, Julia ^b  

^a Department of Psychology   (Germany)

^b GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

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EID: 84960322739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137489449     Document Type: Chapter

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