What Causes Democratization?

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Geddes, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causes; Context differences; Correlation; Democracy; Democratization; Development; Historical period; Models; Strategic interactions; Type of regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925012877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199566020.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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