A new test of convergence theory

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-294

  Marsh, Robert M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Globalization; Modernization

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODERNIZATION; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 34548137335     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: 15691330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156913307X216277     Document Type: Article

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