| Introduction: Institutional choice and recognition in the formation and consolidation of local democracy JC Ribot, A Chhatre, T Lankina Conservation and Society 6 (1), 1-11, 2008 | 204 | 2008 |
| A geographic incremental theory of democratization: territory, aid, and democracy in postcommunist regions TV Lankina, L Getachew World Politics 58 (4), 536-582, 2006 | 156 | 2006 |
| Authoritarian and democratic diffusion in post-communist regions T Lankina, A Libman, A Obydenkova Comparative political studies 49 (12), 1599-1629, 2016 | 154 | 2016 |
| Authoritarian versus democratic diffusions: explaining institutional choices in Russia's local government V Gel'Man, T Lankina Post-soviet affairs 24 (1), 40-62, 2008 | 140 | 2008 |
| Mission or empire, word or sword? The human capital legacy in postcolonial democratic development T Lankina, L Getachew American Journal of Political Science 56 (2), 465-483, 2012 | 123 | 2012 |
| Governing the locals: local self-government and ethnic mobilization in Russia T Lankina Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 | 96 | 2006 |
| Appropriation and subversion: Precommunist literacy, communist party saturation, and postcommunist democratic outcomes TV Lankina, A Libman, A Obydenkova World politics 68 (2), 229-274, 2016 | 93 | 2016 |
| Competitive religious entrepreneurs: Christian missionaries and female education in colonial and post-colonial India T Lankina, L Getachew British Journal of Political Science 43 (1), 103-131, 2013 | 72 | 2013 |
| The dynamics of regional and national contentious politics in Russia: Evidence from a new dataset T Lankina Problems of Post-Communism 62 (1), 26-44, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Local governance in central and eastern europe: Comparing performance in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia T Lankina, A Hudalla, H Wollmann Springer, 2008 | 68 | 2008 |
| Electoral protests and political attitudes under electoral authoritarianism K Tertytchnaya, T Lankina The Journal of Politics 82 (1), 285-299, 2020 | 61 | 2020 |
| New data on protest trends in Russia’s regions T Lankina, A Voznaya State against Civil Society, 169-184, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
| Local Government in Poland and Hungary: from post-communist reform towards EU accession H Wollmann, T Lankina Local democracy in post-communist Europe, 91-122, 2003 | 57 | 2003 |
| ‘Russian spring’or ‘spring betrayal’? The media as a mirror of Putin’s evolving strategy in Ukraine T Lankina, K Watanabe Europe-Asia Studies 69 (10), 1526-1556, 2017 | 51 | 2017 |
| Fabricating votes for Putin: new tests of fraud and electoral manipulations from Russia R Skovoroda, T Lankina Post-Soviet Affairs 33 (2), 100-123, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
| Cross-cutting literature review on the drivers of local council accountability and performance TV Lankina World Bank, 2008 | 39 | 2008 |
| Local administration and ethno-social consensus in Russia T Lankina Europe-Asia Studies 54 (7), 1037-1053, 2002 | 37 | 2002 |
| Russia’s foreign policy and soft power T Lankina, K Niemczyk Russia’s foreign policy: ideas, domestic politics and external relations, 97-113, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
| Protest in electoral autocracies: a new dataset T Lankina, K Tertytchnaya Post-Soviet Affairs 36 (1), 20-36, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
| Explaining European union aid to Russia T Lankina Post-Soviet Affairs 21 (4), 309-334, 2005 | 35 | 2005 |
