Policy change at a time of retrenchment: Recent pension reform in France, Germany, Italy and the UK

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Taylor Gooby, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Union; Innovation; Pensions; Reform; Retrenchment

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; PENSION SYSTEM; POLICY APPROACH; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033044527     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00128     Document Type: Article

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