Peer review of labour market programmes in the European union: What can countries really learn from one another?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-43

  Casey, Bernard H ^a   Gold, Michael ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active labour market policy; European Employment Strategy; Organizational learning; Peer review; Policy convergence; Policy learning; Policy transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344311480     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176042000311899     Document Type: Review

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