Claims to legitimacy count: Why sanctions fail to instigate democratisation in authoritarian regimes

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 635-653

  Grauvogel, Julia ^a   von Soest, Christian ^a  

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

Author keywords

Authoritarian regimes; Claims to legitimacy; Democratisation; FsQCA; Sanctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027935031     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12065     Document Type: Article

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