Towards productive welfare? A comparative analysis of 23 OECD countries

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-46

  Hudson, John ^a   Kühner, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set ideal type analysis; Productification; Productive welfare; Welfare state typologies

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GLOBALIZATION; OECD; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 58249128377     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928708098522     Document Type: Article

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