Socio-economic status and political support in post-communist Romania

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-50

  Cernat, Vasile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Political support; Post communism; Romania; Socio economic status; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951636995     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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