New Labour, equity and public services: A Rawlsian perspective

Policy and Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-214

  Keen, Justin ^a   Deeming, Chris ^b   Moore, Jeanette ^a   Weatherly, Helen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity; Government policy; Long term care

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; FINANCE; LABOR; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249307805     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557307780712988     Document Type: Article

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