Reforms guided by consensus: The welfare state in the Italian transition

West European Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-208

  Ferrera, Maurizio ^a,b   Gualmini, Elisabetta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; PENSION SYSTEM; WELFARE PROVISION; WELFARE REFORM;

ITALY;

EID: 0033910082     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380008425372     Document Type: Article

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