Social exclusion in Europe: Paradigms of social disadvantage in Germany, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-146

  Cousins, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOUR MARKET; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS; WELFARE PROVISION;

GERMANY; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UK;

EID: 0031805650     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557398782025673     Document Type: Article

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