In search of heroes: Cultural politics and political mobilization of youths in contemporary Russia and Ukraine

Demokratizatsiya

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-41

  Topalova, Viktoriya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; YOUNG POPULATION;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

EID: 33845766223     PISSN: 10746846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/DEMO.14.1.23-41     Document Type: Review

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