Creating the enemy, constructing the threat: the diffusion of repression against the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East

Democratization

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1289-1306

  Darwich, May ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

authoritarianism; convergence; Diffusion; regime autonomy; regime interest; repression

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016956580     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2017.1307824     Document Type: Article

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