The Politics of Economic Inequality

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 521-541

  Brady, David ^a   Sosnaud, Benjamin ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic Inequality; Labor Market; Labor Market Institution; Leftist Party; Welfare State

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958567108     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-68930-2_28     Document Type: Chapter

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