Changed political attitudes in the middle east: The case of Kuwait

International Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-324

  Meyer, Katherine ^a,c   Rizzo, Helen ^b   Ali, Yousef ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Democratization; Islam; Middle East; Political change

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247592861     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580907076571     Document Type: Article

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