Interdependent and domestic foundations of policy change: The diffusion of pension privatization around the world

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-294

  Brooks, Sarah M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PENSION SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 18944400725     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8833.2005.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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