Islam and democracy

Public Choice

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 185-192

  Potrafke, Niklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democracy; Islam; Political institutions; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755161953     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9741-3     Document Type: Article

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