A Complete Data Set of Political Regimes, 1800-2007

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1523-1554

  Boix, Carles ^a   Miller, Michael ^b   Rosato, Sebastian ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

competitiveness; democracy; democratization; development; elections; participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875037486     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414012463905     Document Type: Article

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