Explaining the democracy deficit in the Arab world

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 813-831

  Badawi, Ibrahim El ^a   Makdisi, Samir ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arab World; Conflicts; Democracy deficit; Oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845635677     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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