Welfare state retrenchment - The case of Japan

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-292

  Takao, Yasuo ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033507291     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X99000707     Document Type: Article

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