Beyond the radial delusion: Conceptualizing and measuring democracy and non-democracy

International Political Science Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-283

  Møller, Jørgen ^a   Skaaning, Svend Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conceptualization; Defective democracy; Ladder of abstraction; Measurement; Regime typologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955188665     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512110369522     Document Type: Article

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