Becoming Party Politicians: East German State Legislators in the Decade Following Democratization

by Louise K. Davidson-Schmich

After the Berlin Wall fell, scholars flocked to eastern Europe to conduct extensive opinion research on citizens' political attitudes and values. In eastern Germany, new post-communist political elites' political attitudes and values were found to differ considerably from western German politicians'; these differences were expected to be hurdles to democratization. Yet only limited research has been done to determine whether eastern German politicians'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268025851
• ISBN13: 9780268025854
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.1"