Adverse living conditions, grievances, and political protest after communism: The example of East Germany

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-65

  Opp, Karl Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0034258324     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/79.1.29     Document Type: Review

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