Power transition, challenge and the (re)emergence of China

International Interactions

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-342

  Rapkin, David ^b   Thompson, William R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership long cycle theory; Power transition theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348229078     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714950652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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