Party to inequality: Right party power and income inequality in affluent Western democracies

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-106

  Brady, David ^a   Leicht, Kevin T ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Great U Turn; Inequality; Institutions; Political parties; Political power

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149123971     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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