Socialist values and the development of democratic support in the former East Germany

International Political Science Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 339-361

  Finkel, Steven E ^a   Humphries, Stan ^a   Opp, Karl Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democratic support; Democratic values; East Germany; Political culture; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035538443     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512101022004004     Document Type: Article

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