Freedom fighter versus civilian power: An ideal-type comparison of US and German conceptions of democracy promotion

The Comparative International Politics of Democracy Promotion

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 37-60

  Poppe, Annika E ^a   Woitschach, Bentje ^b   Wolff, Jonas ^a  

^a Frankfurt am Main Research Center Transformations of Political Violence   (Germany)

^b Germanwatch eV DrWerner Schuster Haus   (Germany)

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EID: 84925815743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315889870     Document Type: Chapter

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