Democracy in Spain: legitimacy, discontent, and disaffection

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 124-160

  Montero, José Ramón ^a   Gunther, Richard ^a   Torcal, Mariano ^b  

^a Universities of Harvard California   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL SUPPORT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC ATTITUDES;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031403661     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02687334     Document Type: Article

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