Globalization, democracy, and effective welfare spending in the developing world

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1015-1049

  Rudra, Nita ^a   Haggard, Stephan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Globalization; Redistribution; Social spending in developing countries; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744482207     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005279258     Document Type: Article

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