After the Velvet Revolutions: Altered Life-Chances, Fragile Legitimacy, and Split-Consciousness in Post-Communist Eastern Europe

Social Justice Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-171

  Arts, Wil ^a   Gijsberts, Mérove ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eastern europe; Legitimacy; Life chances; Post communism; Split consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247405483     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023255304331     Document Type: Article

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