Opium for the masses: How foreign media can stabilize authoritarian regimes

Political Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-399

  Kern, Holger Lutz ^a   Hainmueller, Jens ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350055337     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpp017     Document Type: Article

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