Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: A Mixed Record, An Uncertain Future

Issue Date October 2001
Volume 12
Issue 4
Page Numbers 87-94
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Despite huge changes, the events of the last ten years raise doubts about the notion of “democratic transition” itself.

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