Croatian social policy: The legacies of war, state-building and late Europeanization

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-135

  Stubbs, Paul ^a   Zrinščak, Siniša ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Central and South East Europe; Croatia; Social policy; Transition

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RECONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE BUILDING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 62749122746     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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