Union strength, neoliberalism, and inequality: Contingent political analyses of U.S. income differences since 1950

American Sociological Review

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 752-774

  Jacobs, David ^a   Myers, Lindsey ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historically contingent outcomes; Politics and inequality; Power resources

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927755741     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122414536392     Document Type: Article

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