Civil society and democratisation in Southeast Asia: What is the connection?

Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 135-146

  Weiss, Meredith L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 85138023006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315674735-16     Document Type: Chapter

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