Beyond contradictions of the workfare state? Denmark, welfare-through-work, and the promise of job rotation

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-148

  Etherington, David ^a   Jones, Martin ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 1342287333     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c28m     Document Type: Article

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