Neither a dinosaur nor a weathercock: The construction of a reputably continuous self in Czech postcommunist life stories

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-230

  Andrle, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Life stories; Postcommunism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007320084     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005434900668     Document Type: Article

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