Political parties, institutions, and the dynamics of social expenditure in times of austerity

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-45

  Kittel, Bernhard ^a   Obinger, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Party politics; Political institutions; Social expenditure; Welfare state retrenchment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037286767     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176032000046912     Document Type: Article

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