The consequences of economic globalization for affluent democracies

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2007, Pages 313-334

  Brady, David ^a   Beckfield, Jason ^b   Zhao, Wei ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic sociology; Inequality; Labor; Political sociology; The state

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848865647     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131636     Document Type: Review

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