Multinational corporations, democracy and child mortality: A quantitative, cross-national analysis of developing countries

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-293

  Shandra, John M ^a   Nobles, Jenna E ^b   London, Bruce ^c   Williamson, John B ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Cross national; Dependency theory; Modernization theory

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOCRACY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MODERNIZATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 23944497911     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-004-2009-x     Document Type: Article

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