Between ideas, institutions and interests: Analysing third way welfare reform programmes in Germany and the United Kingdom

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-230

  Hudson, John ^a   Hwang, Gyu Jin ^b   Kühner, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; GREECE; RHODES; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40349111120     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279407001717     Document Type: Article

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