Policy coordination, social indicators and the social-policy agenda in the European Union

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-361

  O'Connor, Julia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Social Model (ESM); Governance; Open method of coordination (OMC); Poverty and social exclusion; Social indicators

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POVERTY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; WORLD;

EID: 27644514275     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928705057289     Document Type: Article

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