The historical turn in democratization studies: A new research agenda for Europe and beyond

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 931-968

  Capoccia, Giovanni ^a   Ziblatt, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical junctures; Democratization; Europe; Institutional change; Structured episode

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954192577     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010370431     Document Type: Article

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