What difference can a path make? Regional democracy promotion regimes in the Americas and Africa

Democratization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-491

  Legler, Thomas ^a   Tieku, Thomas Kwasi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

African union; Democracy charter; Democracy promotion; International norms; International regimes; Organization of american states; Path dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952372078     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510341003700337     Document Type: Article

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