Sponsoring Democracy: The United States and Democracy Aid to the Developing World, 1988-2001

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-69

  Scott, James M ^a   Steele, Carie A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; FOREIGN POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952308182     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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