An institutional theory of direct and indirect rule

World Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-433

  Gerring, John ^a   Ziblatt, Daniel ^b   van Gorp, Johan ^c   Arévalo, Julián ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80052889911     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887111000104     Document Type: Article

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