West European welfare states: The old politics of retrenchment

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-259

  Scarbrough, Elinor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034369148     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.00533     Document Type: Article

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