Value patterns in Europe and the United States: is there a transatlantic rift?

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Value patterns in Europe and the United States: is there a transatlantic rift? / Welzel, Christian; Deutsch, Franziska.
Conflicts and tensions. ed. / Helmut K. Anheier; Yudhishthir Raj Isar. Los Angeles [u.a.]: SAGE Publications Inc., 2007. p. 241-252 (The Culture and Globalization Series; Vol. 1).

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Harvard

Welzel, C & Deutsch, F 2007, Value patterns in Europe and the United States: is there a transatlantic rift? in HK Anheier & YR Isar (eds), Conflicts and tensions. The Culture and Globalization Series, vol. 1, SAGE Publications Inc., Los Angeles [u.a.], pp. 241-252. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446214671.n23

APA

Welzel, C., & Deutsch, F. (2007). Value patterns in Europe and the United States: is there a transatlantic rift? In H. K. Anheier, & Y. R. Isar (Eds.), Conflicts and tensions (pp. 241-252). (The Culture and Globalization Series; Vol. 1). SAGE Publications Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446214671.n23

Vancouver

Welzel C, Deutsch F. Value patterns in Europe and the United States: is there a transatlantic rift? In Anheier HK, Isar YR, editors, Conflicts and tensions. Los Angeles [u.a.]: SAGE Publications Inc. 2007. p. 241-252. (The Culture and Globalization Series). doi: 10.4135/9781446214671.n23

Bibtex

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