New modes of governance in activation policies

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2007, Pages 277-286

  Van Berkel, Rik ^a   Borghi, Vando ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Governance; Social welfare administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249156429     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330710773854     Document Type: Article

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