Policy feedback, generational replacement, and attitudes to state intervention: Eastern and Western Germany, 1990–2006

European Political Science Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-135

  Svallfors, Stefan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attitudes; cohorts; Germany; institutions; redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011480838     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773909990257     Document Type: Article

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