The effects of international trade on democracy: A panel study of the post-soviet world-system

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-362

  Balaev, Mikhail ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national analysis; Democracy; Democratization; Economic sociology; Former USSR; International trade; Political sociology; World systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349142307     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2009.52.3.337     Document Type: Article

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