Rising Inequality in an Era of Austerity: The Case of the US

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 388-410

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Weinstein, Amanda L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; INCOME; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874613581     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.716247     Document Type: Article

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