What is neo-liberalism?

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 703-731

  Mudge, Stephanie Lee ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic thought; Institutionalism; Liberalism; Neo liberalism; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249086330     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwn016     Document Type: Article

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