Creating political legitimacy: Electoral democracy versus quality of government

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-330

  Rothstein, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Civil War; Democratic theory; Discrimination; Political legitimacy; Quality of government

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350447104     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209338795     Document Type: Article

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