The Candidate Factor and Taiwan's 1996 Presidential Election

Issues and Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 45-76

  Hawang, Shiow Duan ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Candidate competence; Candidate evaluation; Candidate image; Lee Teng hui complex; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242319459     PISSN: 10132511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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