Does government ideology influence political alignment with the U.S.? An empirical analysis of voting in the UN General Assembly

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-268

  Potrafke, Niklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti Americanism; Government ideology; Panel data; Political alignment with the U.S.; United Nations General Assembly voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349596734     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-009-9066-5     Document Type: Article

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