Negotiating neoliberal environments in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada: Restructuring of state-voluntary sector relations and disability organizations' struggles to survive

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-190

  Chouinard, Vera ^a   Crooks, Valerie A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NEOLIBERALISM; POST-WAR; SERVICE PROVISION; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; WELFARE IMPACT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 41449092751     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0502r     Document Type: Article

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