Small island nations and democratic values

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 329-341

  Srebrnik, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Democracy; Islands; Scale; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SCALE EFFECT; SIZE EFFECT; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 0942278099     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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