An augmented rational-action analysis of the origins and path dependency of welfare state institutions in Western countries

Rationality and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-283

  Korpi, Walter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Institutional change; New institutionalism; Power; Rationality; Welfare states

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035346913     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346301013002005     Document Type: Article

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