Decentring social policy? Devolution and? Discipline of social policy: A commentary

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-507

  Williams, Charlotte ^a   Mooney, Gerry ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVOLUTION; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949154525     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279408002018     Document Type: Article

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