Social policy devolution: A historical review of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States (1834-1999)

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-209

  Dunlop, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative social policy; Devolution; Historical review; Social policy

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVOLUTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

CANADA; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62249201354     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802595281     Document Type: Review

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