Foreign aid, democratization, and autocratic survival

International Studies Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 575-595

  Bader, Julia ^a   Faust, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; DEMOCRATIZATION; INTERNATIONAL AID; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL REFORM;

EID: 84919395743     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/misr.12158     Document Type: Article

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