Liberalization without Retrenchment: Understanding the consensus on swedish welfare state reforms

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-93

  Bergh, Andreas ^a   Erlingsson, Gissur Ó ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

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EID: 58449100923     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: 14679477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2008.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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