Striking deals: Concertation in the reform of continental European welfare states

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-62

  Ebbinghaus, Bernhard ^a   Hassel, Anke ^b  

^a Center for European Studies   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Concertation; Governance; Reform process; Social partners; Welfare states

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034383568     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135017600343269     Document Type: Article

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