Elites, Oil, and Democratization: A Survival Analysis

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 164-184

  Gurses, Mehmet ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79551638810     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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