External democratization after war: Success and failure

Democratization

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 525-549

  Grimm, Sonja ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Democratization; External actors; Intervention; Promotion of democracy; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249122898     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340801972262     Document Type: Article

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