#3 A Case Study in Comparative Public Policy: The Economic Dimensions of Populism in Argentina and Brazil
By Thomas E. Skidmore
This paper was originally prepared for a panel on "Public Policy in Developing Countries," at the American Political Science Association convention at Washington, D.C. in September 1977.
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