Operationalizing regional authority: A coding scheme for 42 countries, 1950-2006

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 123-142

  Hooghe, Liesbet ^a,b   Marks, Gary ^a,b   Schakel, Arjan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Authority; Coding; Measurement; Operationalization; Regions

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; DEVELOPING WORLD;

EID: 47149104847     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560801979480     Document Type: Article

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