Correlates of levels of democracy in Latin America during the 1990s

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 29-59

  McClintock, Cynthia ^a   Lebovic, James H ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL HISTORY;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33745441755     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lap.2006.0021     Document Type: Article

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