Usurping social policy: Neoliberalism and economic governance in Hungary

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 585-606

  Phillips, Richard ^a   Henderson, Jeffrey ^a   Andor, Laszlo ^b   Hulme, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; ECONOMIC REFORM; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL POLICY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 33748495137     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279406000092     Document Type: Article

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