Subverting Autocracy: Emancipative Mass Values in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes

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Subverting Autocracy: Emancipative Mass Values in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes. / Zavadskaya, Margarita; Welzel, Christian.
in: Democratization, Jahrgang 22, Nr. 6, 19.09.2015, S. 1105-1130.

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Zavadskaya M, Welzel C. Subverting Autocracy: Emancipative Mass Values in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes. Democratization. 2015 Sep 19;22(6):1105-1130. doi: 10.1080/13510347.2014.914500

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