Improving Social Well-Being Through New Democratic Institutions

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1442-1469

  Touchton, Michael ^a   Wampler, Brian ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

democracy; governance; institutional reform; participation; poverty reduction; subnational

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906761408     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414013512601     Document Type: Article

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