Autocracy and coups d'etat

Public Choice

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 115-130

  Wintrobe, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Coup d'etat; Dictatorship; Internal governance; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862062879     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-011-9862-3     Document Type: Article

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