Mass Beliefs and Democratic Institutions

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Mass Beliefs and Democratic Institutions. / Welzel, Christian Peter; Inglehart, Ronald.
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. ed. / Carles Boix; Robert E. Goodin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. p. 297-316 (The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science).

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Harvard

Welzel, CP & Inglehart, R 2009, Mass Beliefs and Democratic Institutions. in C Boix & RE Goodin (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 297-316. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199566020.003.0013

APA

Welzel, C. P., & Inglehart, R. (2009). Mass Beliefs and Democratic Institutions. In C. Boix, & R. E. Goodin (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics (pp. 297-316). (The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199566020.003.0013

Vancouver

Welzel CP, Inglehart R. Mass Beliefs and Democratic Institutions. In Boix C, Goodin RE, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2009. p. 297-316. (The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199566020.003.0013

Bibtex

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