Federalism, nationalism and social policy decentralization in Canada and Belgium

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-419

  Béland, Daniel ^a   Lecours, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belgium; Canada; Federalism; Nationalism; Social policy

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; FEDERAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NATIONALISM; SOCIAL POLICY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749095758     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560701712643     Document Type: Article

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