The European social model: An exercise in deconstruction

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-245

  Jepsen, Maria ^a   Serrano Pascual, Amparo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deconstruction; EU legitimacy; European Social Model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; SOCIAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844516786     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928705054087     Document Type: Article

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