New public management reforms of the Danish and Swedish welfare states: The role of different social democratic responses

Governance

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-294

  Green Pedersen, Christoffer ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 0036555374     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0491.00188     Document Type: Article

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