Political Conservatism and Left-Right Orientation in 28 Eastern and Western European Countries

Political Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-417

  Aspelund, Anna ^a   Lindeman, Marjaana ^a   Verkasalo, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Europe; Left right; Post communist societies; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878188004     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12000     Document Type: Article

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