Size of State and Form of Government
Russia with an Eye to Herodotus and Montesquieu
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Abstract
Numerous thinkers have reflected on the relationship between the size of a country and the form of its government. Herodotus and Montesquieu are classic figures of political thought. If one applies their considerations to today’s Russia, it appears that the significance of a state’s size must be qualified, but it may not be completely neglected either.
(Osteuropa 8/2014, pp. 73–84)