From Ballots to Bullets: An Empirical Assessment of How National Elections Influence State Uses of Political Repression

Electoral Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-540

  Davenport, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratization; Elections; Repression; Rights

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATISATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN RIGHTS; NATIONAL ELECTION; POLITICAL REPRESSION; POLITICAL THEORY;

EID: 0031421364     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(97)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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