Do international election monitors increase or decrease opposition boycotts?

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1527-1556

  Kelley, Judith ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boycotts; democracy promotion; elections; international election monitoring; international election observation; international organizations; transnational actors

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053629553     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011399885     Document Type: Article

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