Political support, political skepticism, and political stability in new democracies: An empirical examination of mass support for coups d'etat in Peru

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-82

  Seligson, Mitchell A ^a   Carrión, Julio F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0036115950     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001041400203500106     Document Type: Article

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