In the shadow of democracy promotion: Strategic manipulation, international observers, and election boycotts

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-415

  Beaulieu, Emily ^a   Hyde, Susan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boycotts; Democracy promotion; Democratization; Elections; International observers; Second image reversed

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349091526     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008325571     Document Type: Article

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