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Prospects of Democracy: A Study of 172 CountriesTatu Vanhanen, London and New York:Routledge1997, 374pp. US$85.00 cloth. ISBN 0-415-14405-1. US$25.99 paper. ISBN 0-415-14406-X. Routledge, 29 W. 35th St., New York, NY 10001-2299, USA.

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George Modelski
George Modelski*
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University of Washington, USA
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 140 - 142
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