Bucking the trend? The welfare state and the global economy: The Swedish case up close

New Political Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-48

  Steinmo, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE PROVISION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0037365252     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356346032000078714     Document Type: Article

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