The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality: Welfare State Institutions, Inequality, and Poverty in the Western Countries

1998/10/01 by Walter Korpi, Joakim Palme · 55 citations
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism #Employment and Welfare Studies

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Abstract

Walter Korpi, Joakim Palme, The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality: Welfare State Institutions, Inequality, and Poverty in the Western Countries, American Sociological Review, Vol. 63, No. 5 (Oct., 1998), pp. 661-687

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