What makes people support public responsibility for welfare provision: Self-interest or political ideology? A longitudinal approach

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-338

  Jæger, Mads Meier ^a  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Canada; Concomitant variables; Longitudinal data; Random effect model; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748257624     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699306067718     Document Type: Article

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