Compared to what?: Assessing Brazil's political institutions

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 759-786

  Armijo, Leslie Elliott ^a,b   Faucher, Philippe ^b   Dembinska, Magdalena ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Democracy; Developing countries; Economic reform; Policy making; Political institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745479231     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006287895     Document Type: Article

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