Where to draw the line? From degree to dichotomy in measures of democracy

Democratization

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 690-712

  Bogaards, Matthijs ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democracy; Dictatorship; Freedom house; Measurement; Polity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863903962     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2011.613563     Document Type: Article

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