Propping up dictators? Economic cooperation from China and its impact on authoritarian persistence in party and non-party regimes

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 655-672

  Bader, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autocratic persistence; China; Economic cooperation; Party regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945470421     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12082     Document Type: Article

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