What explains public service restructuring? Evaluating contending explanations

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-59

  Timonen, Virpi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coalitional theories; Finnish and Swedish trade unions; Institutional welfare states; Social and health services; Trade union attitudes; Welfare state restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035589302     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760010018322     Document Type: Article

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