The Australian Welfare State and the Neoliberalism Thesis

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-172

  Fenna, Alan ^a   Tapper, Alan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fiscal policy; inequality; social policy; taxation; welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862273723     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2012.677007     Document Type: Article

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