Western European welfare states in the 20th century: Convergences and divergences in a long-run perspective

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-260

  Tomka, Bela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Comparative social research; Convergence; Social security; Twentieth century; Welfare state; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0344441255     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9671.00280     Document Type: Article

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