Undermining authoritarian innovation: The power of china's industrial giants

Journal of Politics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 182-194

  Lorentzen, Peter ^a   Landry, Pierre ^b   Yasuda, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84891751246     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381613001114     Document Type: Article

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