Constructing a framework of authoritarian diffusion: Concepts, dynamics, and future research

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-392

  Ambrosio, Thomas ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Democracy; Diffusion

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; DEMOCRACY; LIBERALISM; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78149307287     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2010.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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