Political awareness, corruption perceptions and democratic accountability in Latin America

Acta Politica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-90

  Arnold, Jason Ross ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corruption; democratic accountability; Latin America; political awareness; public ignorance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855244052     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2011.21     Document Type: Article

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