Different routes, common directions? Activation policies for young people in Denmark and the UK

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-207

  Lindsay, Colin ^a   Mailand, Mikkel ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activation; Denmark; UK; Unemployment; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342906738     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00069-i1     Document Type: Article

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