Political Socialization and Democratization: Resolving the Cultural and Institutional Approaches in Central and Eastern Europe

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Brief Overview

Using all available surveys in Central & Eastern Europe since the 1980s, we show how the cultural and institutional approaches to political socialization complement rather than compete to explain successful - and unsuccessful – democratization.

Authors

• Matthew Placek, University of South Carolina-Upstate

• Matthew Loveless, University of Bologna