German unification and 'model Germany': An adventure in institutional conservatism

Germany: Beyond the Stable State

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 34-54

  Wiesenthal, Helmut ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84905557073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203489154     Document Type: Chapter

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