A vacuum in political and economic labor policy?

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-365

  Karasek, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Economic policy; Skill development; Social participation; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CIVIL SOCIETY; ECONOMIC POLICY; SKILL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WELFARE STATE;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 4043103997     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467604267545     Document Type: Article

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