If You're Against Them You're With Us: The Effect of Expropriation on Autocratic Survival

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 973-1003

  Albertus, Michael ^a   Menaldo, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

autocratic survival; credible commitment; dictatorship; expropriation; Latin America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864695154     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011428593     Document Type: Article

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