Constitutional choice, multi-level government and social security systems in Great Britain, Germany, and Denmark

Policy and Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-261

  Toft, Christian ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTITUTIONAL CHOICE; GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

GERMANY; UK;

EID: 0030463829     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557396782148516     Document Type: Article

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