Social expenditure and the politics of redistribution

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-222

  Castles, Francis ^a   Obinger, Herbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Net social expenditures; Politics matters; Redistributive policies; Socio economic explanations; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

POLITICS; PUBLIC SPENDING; SERVICE PROVISION; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 34547129123     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928707078364     Document Type: Article

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