The logic of institutional interdependency: The case of day laborer policy in suburbia

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-482

  Frasure, Lorrie A ^a   Jones Correa, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Day labor; Immigration; Institutional interdependency; NIMBY; Public choice; Regime theory; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; DATA SET; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR POLICY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 75749126111     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087409355640     Document Type: Article

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