Demands of social change as a function of the political context, institutional filters, and psychosocial resources

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-28

  Tomasik, Martin J ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological niche; Education; Globalization; Individual demands; Individualization; Institutional filters; Political context; Social change

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INDIVIDUALISM; LABOR PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 69949146854     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9332-6     Document Type: Article

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