Are there hybrid regimes? Or are they just an optical illusion?

European Political Science Review

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-296

  Morlino, Leonardo ^a  

^a Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane   (Italy)

Author keywords

authoritarianism; classification of regimes; democracy; hybrid regime; regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011476702     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773909000198     Document Type: Article

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