The Determinants of US Public Opinion Towards Democracy Promotion

Political Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 705-730

  Brancati, Dawn ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy promotion; Public opinion; Survey experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911971564     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: 15736687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-013-9256-y     Document Type: Article

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