Left-wing authoritarianism is not a myth, but a worrisome reality. Evidence from 13 Eastern European countries

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-308

  De Regt, Sabrina ^a   Mortelmans, Dimitri ^a   Smits, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; European Values Study; Left wing authoritarianism; Support for democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858698684     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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