Nontax revenue, social cleavages, and authoritarian stability in Mexico and Kenya: "internationalization, institutions, and political change" revisited

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 719-746

  Morrison, Kevin M ^a  

^a Department of Government ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

democratization; foreign aid; Kenya; Mexico; oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956107761     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011401213     Document Type: Article

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