Theory and Method in the Comparative Study of Values: Critique and Alternative to Inglehart

European Sociological Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-158+i

  Haller, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 0345016008     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/18.2.139     Document Type: Review

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