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  • Frederick D. Weil. 1987. “Cohorts, Regimes, and the Legitimation of Democracy: West Germany since 1945.” American Sociological Review 52, 3:308-24
  • Frederick D. Weil. 1989. “The Sources and Structure of Legitimation in Western Democracies: A Consolidated Model Tested with Time-Series Data in Six Countries since World War II.” American Sociological Review 54, 5:682-706
  • Frederick D. Weil. 1994. “Political Culture, Political Structure and Democracy: The Case of Legitimation and Opposition Structure.” Research on Democracy and Society, Vol. 2, Political Culture and Political Structure: Theoretical and Empirical Studies. JAI Press, Greenwich, CT