The pensioner booms in post-communist Hungary and Poland: Political sociology perspectives

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 86-102

  Vanhuysse, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hungary; Pensions; Poland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845692621     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330410790975     Document Type: Article

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