Deficit reduction as causal story: Strategic politics and welfare state retrenchment

Social Science Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-112

  Wilson, Patrick Impero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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EID: 0043282655     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-3319(99)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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