Individualised service provision in an era of activation and new governance

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2007, Pages 413-424

  Borghi, Vando ^a   Van Berkel, Rik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Finland; Governance; Social services; Social welfare; The Netherlands; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749166940     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330710822101     Document Type: Article

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