Legislative powers, veto players, and the emergence of delegative democracy: A comparison of presidentialism in the Philippines and South Korea

Democratization

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 68-98

  Croissant, Aurel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; LEADERSHIP; LEGISLATION; POLICY MAKING;

PHILIPPINES; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0141613987     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340312331293937     Document Type: Article

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