American democracy from a European perspective

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 1999, Pages 465-491

  Fabbrini, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

American exceptionalism; Comparative constitutionalism; Institutional change; Political development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033473428     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.2.1.465     Document Type: Review

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