Theorization, harm, and the democratic imperative: Lessons from the politicization of the democratic-peace thesis

International Studies Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 680-692

  Ish Shalom, Piki ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; PEACE PROCESS; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 56549101926     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2008.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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