Global democracy: In the beginning

International Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-209

  Goodin, Robert E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

absorbing Markov chains; accountability networks; global democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955956091     PISSN: 17529719     EISSN: 17529727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1752971910000060     Document Type: Article

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