The politics of territorial solidarity nationalism and social policy reform in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belgium

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 676-703

  Béland, Daniel ^a   Lecours, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Federalism; Inequality; Institutions; Nationalism; Social policy; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944444517     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005275600     Document Type: Review

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