Democracy in microstates: why smallness does not produce a democratic political system

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Democratization

• Publication date

  2015-01-02

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1080/13510347.2013.820710
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