International "decentering" and democratization: The case of Thailand

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 339-362

  Lynch, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRATIZATION; NATIONAL POLITICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 2942607248     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8833.2004.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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