Mapping political legitimacy in Latin America

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 196, 2009, Pages 253-272

  Power, Timothy J ^a   Cyr, Jennifer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DEMOCRACY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 77953157620     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: 14682451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2010.01718.x     Document Type: Article

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