Measuring effective democracy: A defense

International Political Science Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-62

  Alexander, Amy C ^a   Inglehart, Ronald ^a   Welzel, Christian ^a  

^a Lephana University   (Germany)

Author keywords

democracy; effective democracy; human empowerment; rule of law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856721549     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512111414682     Document Type: Article

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