Neoliberalism, inequality and politics: The changing face of Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-418

  Western, Mark ^a   Baxter, Janeen ^a   Pakulski, Jan ^b   Tranter, Bruce ^b   Western, John ^a   van Egmond, Marcel ^a   Chesters, Jenny ^a   Hosking, Amanda ^a   O'Flaherty, Martin ^a   van Gellecum, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inequality; Neoliberalism; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049163628     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00066.x     Document Type: Article

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