Long live democracy: The determinants of political instability in latin America

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-95

  Blanco, Luisa ^a   Grier, Robin ^b  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ETHNOPOLITICS; MACROECONOMICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL INSTABILITY;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 58049089141     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802264788     Document Type: Article

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