Politics and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 943-963

  Huber, Evelyne ^a   Nielsen, François ^a   Pribble, Jenny ^a   Stephens, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OECD; PARTY POLITICS; POWER RELATIONS; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WELFARE PROVISION; WELFARE REFORM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33846688384     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100604     Document Type: Article

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