The Minimum Wage and the Cause of Democracy

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 487-510

  Levin Waldman, Oren ^a  

^a Metropolitan College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Citizenship; Democracy; Economic development; Empowerment; Equality; Minimum wage; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642311755     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034676032000160921     Document Type: Review

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