Toward global welfare state convergence?: Family policy and health care in Sweden, Canada and the United States

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-164

  Olsen, Gregg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convergence; Crisis; Family policy; Globalization; Health care policy; Income security maintenance; Policy domains; Programmatic and structural change; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250745872     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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