Location and political choice in post-unification Berlin: Explaining the PDS (Party of Democratic Socialism) vote, 1999 and 2001

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 349-382

  O'Loughlin, John ^a   Witmer, Frank ^a   Ledwith, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; POST-COMMUNISM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

BERLIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 0141916553     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.43.5.349     Document Type: Article

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