The political logic of labour market reforms and popular images of target groups

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-63

  Larsen, Christian Albrekt ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blame avoidance; Deservingness criteria; Labour market reforms; Public opinion; Target groups

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 37849004562     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928707084451     Document Type: Article

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