Administering economic reform: New labour and the governance of social security

Policy and Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 651-666

  Wiggan, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Governance; New labour; Social security

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR; MODELING; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 51249159779     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557307782453001     Document Type: Article

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