Electoral protests and democratization beyond the color revolutions

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1403-1425

  Kalandadze, Katya ^a   Orenstein, Mitchell A ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratization; Developing countries; Electoral revolution; Hybrid regimes; Protest; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350513016     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414009332131     Document Type: Article

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