The Level and Sources of Popular Support for China's Current Political Regime

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-64

  Chen, Jie ^a   Zhong, Yang ^b   Hillard, Jan William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

"Mony don't want to see a fight"

Indexed keywords

COMMUNIST PARTY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULAR SUPPORT;

CHINA;

EID: 0031449604     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0967-067x(96)00022-0     Document Type: Article

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