Machiavellian democracy: Controlling elites with ferocious populism

American Political Science Review

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 297-313

  McCormick, John P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035533808     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055401002027     Document Type: Review

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