Assessing Democracy in a Contested Polity

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 641-661

  Lord, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035627330     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00325     Document Type: Article

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