Ilyin, Mikhail; Khavenson, Tatiana; Meleshkina, Elena; … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012
Stateness is the capacity of the state to exercise its fundamental functions. The collapse of the socialist system … prompted the former USSR countries to „re-invent? their stateness. The paper focuses on factors that impede or smooth stateness … stateness and outcomes of state formation. The paper concludes with a detailed review of certain cases that may be considered …