Fiscal protest in thirteen welfare states

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-130

  Martin, Isaac William ^a   Gabay, Nadav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deficit; Fiscal burden; Fiscal protest; Neoliberalism; Social spending; Welfare backlash

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872132969     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mws014     Document Type: Article

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