Learning from labor? Welfare policy transfer between Australia and Britain

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-100

  Pierson, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038709315     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713999604     Document Type: Article

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