The Civil Liberty Dataset: Conceptualization and Measurement

Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-51

  Skaaning, Svend Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Civil Liberty; Dataset; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873455555     PISSN: 18652646     EISSN: 18652654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12286-008-0003-4     Document Type: Article

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