Latin American class structures: Their composition and change during the Neoliberal era

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-82

  Portes, Alejandro ^a   Hoffman, Kelly ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EMPLOYMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0242495236     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lar.2003.0011     Document Type: Article

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