Privatization, business attraction, and social services across the United States: Local governments' use of market-oriented, neoliberal policies in the post-2000 period

Social Problems

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 644-672

  Lobao, Linda ^a   Adua, Lazarus ^b   Hooks, Gregory ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development policy; Local state; Neoliberalism; Social policy; Welfare state theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911883059     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2014.12180     Document Type: Article

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