The Third Wave: Inside the Numbers

Issue Date October 2013
Volume 24
Issue 4
Page Numbers 97-109
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Is democracy threatened by a “reverse wave”? Examining regional patterns and distinguishing between different types of democracy gives us a new basis for assessing this question.

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