Lost in transition: Nostalgia for socialism in post-socialist countries

East European Politics and Societies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-551

  Velikonja, Mitja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cultural effects of transition; Nostalgia for socialism; Social change in Eastern Europe; Transition to democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350630464     PISSN: 08883254     EISSN: 15338371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888325409345140     Document Type: Article

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