Do cutbacks pay off? Perceived changes in the standard of municipal services and attitudes towards services among citizens and municipal decision makers in Finland

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 206-220

  Blomberg, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cutbacks; Municipal welfare services; Perceptions; Relationship of citizens to municipal decision makers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009323028     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00084     Document Type: Article

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