Institutional choice and the diffusion of policy paradigms: Brazil and the second wave of pension reform

International Political Science Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Melo, Marcus André ^a  

^a Política Universidade   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Convergence; Institutions; Path dependency; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043154859     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512104043019     Document Type: Review

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