Democracy and conceptual contestability: Reconsidering conceptions of democracy in democracy promotion

International Studies Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-386

  Kurki, Milja ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MODELING; POST-COLD WAR;

EID: 77956384881     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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