The generational contract in Sweden : Age-specific attitudes to age-related policies

Policy and Politics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-396

  Svallfors, Stefan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Attitudes; Class; Sweden; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLASS; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 50049123271     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557308X307720     Document Type: Article

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