Flexible election timing and international conflict

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-461

  Williams, Laron K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; FOREIGN POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL POWER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84883826506     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12054     Document Type: Article

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