How (and why) is this time different? The politics of economic crisis in western Europe and the United States

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-33

  Pontusson, Jonas ^a   Raess, Damian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

industrial policy; Keynesianism; social protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861451243     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-031710-100955     Document Type: Review

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