Measuring liberal democratic performance: An empirical and conceptual critique

Political Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 759-787

  Foweraker, Joe ^a   Krznaric, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034259415     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00282     Document Type: Article

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