Social assistance in Southern Europe: The case of Greece revisited

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-80

  Matsaganis, Manos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Social assistance; Targeting

Indexed keywords

POLICY STRATEGY; SOCIAL POLICY; TARGETING; WELFARE PROVISION;

GREECE;

EID: 0034073620     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/a011399     Document Type: Review

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