The limits of selectivity as a recipe for welfare reform: The case of Greece

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-253

  Matsaganis, Manos ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17344364607     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279404008566     Document Type: Article

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