Hugo Chavez and President Bush's credibility gap: The struggle against US democracy promotion

International Political Science Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-507

  Cole, N Scott ^a  

^a LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility gap; Democracy promotion; George W. Bush; Hugo Chavez

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348915275     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512107079637     Document Type: Article

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