The politics of inequality in America: A political economy framework

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2010, Pages 341-364

  Jacobs, Lawrence R ^a   Soss, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Citizenship; Democracy; Markets; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952911078     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.041608.140134     Document Type: Article

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