Assessing democracy in Puebla: The opposition takes charge of municipal government

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1-27

  Vanderbush, Walt ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL CHANGE; URBAN POLITICS;

MEXICO; PUEBLA STATE;

EID: 0032764271     PISSN: 00221937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/166405     Document Type: Article

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