The Limits of Low-Tax Social Democracy? Welfare, Tax and Fiscal Dilemmas for Labor in Government

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-306

  Wilson, Shaun ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Labor politics; political sociology; public opinion; taxation; welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886896680     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2013.821102     Document Type: Article

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