Social transitions and anomie among post-communist Bulgarian youth

Young

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-69

  Ådnanes, Marian ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anomie; Bulgaria; Future goals; Post communism; Social change; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349086324     PISSN: 11033088     EISSN: 17413222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1103308807072684     Document Type: Article

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