Promoting democracy - promoting autocracy? International politics and national political regimes

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Burnell, Peter ^a   Schlumberger, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autocracy; Comparative politics and international relations; Democracy; Democracy promotion; Political regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952713601     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569771003593805     Document Type: Article

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