The armed forces and transitions from authoritarian rule: Explaining the role of the military in 1986 Philippines and 1998 Indonesia

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-669

  Lee, Terence ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Authoritarianism; Civil military relations; Democratization; Indonesia; Military; Pacts; Philippines; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549129202     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008328640     Document Type: Article

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