Inequality and democratization: A contractarian approach

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1543-1574

  Ansell, Ben ^a   Samuels, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

democratization; inequality; modernization theory; regime change

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149397409     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010376915     Document Type: Article

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