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In The Media

Implementing the Institutions of Democracy

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By Minxin Pei
Published on Dec 4, 2002

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International Journal on World Peace, Volume XIX no.4, December 2002.

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About the Author

Minxin Pei

Former Adjunct Senior Associate, Asia Program

Pei is Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government and the director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College.

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