Europeanization, policy arenas, and creative opportunism: The politics of welfare state reforms in Italy

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1077-1095

  Natali, David ^a  

^a European Social Observatory   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europeanization; Pension politics; Policy arenas; Policy change; Policy entrepreneurs; Social concertation

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344279431     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176042000298110     Document Type: Review

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