How mass political attitudes affect democratization: Exploring the facilitating role critical democrats play in the process

International Political Science Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-262

  Qi, Lingling ^a   Shin, Doh Chull ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

critical democrat; democratic support; democratization; mass attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958839891     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512110382029     Document Type: Article

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