Social democrats and the new partisan politics of public investment in education

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-126

  Busemeyer, Marius R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Higher education; OECD countries; Pooled time series analysis; Public spending; Social democratic parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349153876     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760802453171     Document Type: Article

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