The paradox of redistribution and strategies of equality: welfare state institutions, inequality, and poverty in the Western countries

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 661-687

  Korpi, Walter ^a   Palme, Joakim ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POVERTY; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 0031742292     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657333     Document Type: Article

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