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Research Articles

Formal power in informal networks. Distribution of power resources in personalized bureaucracies: the case of Russia’s subnational elites

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Pages 1503-1526 | Received 09 Feb 2023, Accepted 06 Aug 2023, Published online: 20 Aug 2023

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