Direct democracy in microstates and small island states

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 379-390

  Anckar, Dag ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Constitutions; Direct democracy; Microstates; Size; Small island states

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SIZE EFFECT; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

EID: 0942267319     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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