Irresistible forces, immovable objects: Post-industrial welfare states confront permanent austerity

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 539-560

  Pierson, Paul ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficits; Globalization; Social pacts; Social policy; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444452700     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501769880000011     Document Type: Article

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