Primary causes of Asian democratization: Dispelling conventional myths

Asian Survey

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 821-837

  Lee, Junhan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; DEMOCRATIZATION; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA;

EID: 0036875471     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.2002.42.6.821     Document Type: Article

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