Neoliberalism and the American State

Critical Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 741-765

  Konings, Martijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

finance; neoliberalism; state power; subprime crisis; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956006975     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920510371386     Document Type: Article

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