Measuring dissent in electoral authoritarian societies: Lessons from azerbaijan's 2008 presidential election and 2009 referendum

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1557-1583

  Herron, Erik S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; dissent; electoral authoritarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053654920     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011410171     Document Type: Article

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