A new convergence? Recent policy developments in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand

Policy and Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-245

  Castles, Francis G ^a   Pierson, Christopher ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030480808     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557396782148499     Document Type: Article

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