Enough! electoral fraud, collective action problems, and post-communist colored revolutions

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-551

  Tucker, Joshua A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547976713     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592707071538     Document Type: Article

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