Why is the world short of democracy?. A cross-country analysis of barriers to representative government

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 582-604

  Borooah, Vani K ^a   Paldam, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Culture; Democracy; Islam; Lipset's law; Muslim

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250860204     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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