The origins and rationality of the "legal versus legitimate" dichotomy invoked in Mexico's 2006 post-electoral conflict

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-43

  Eisenstadt, Todd A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947544839     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096507070072     Document Type: Review

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