Macrolevel theory and local-level inequality: Industrial structure, institutional arrangements, and the political economy of redistribution, 1970 and 1990

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-601

  Lobao, Linda ^a   Rulli, Jamie ^a   Brown, Lawrence A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial structure; Inequality; Institutions; Locality; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033377349     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00163     Document Type: Article

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