On consensus, constraint and choice: Economic and monetary integration and Europe's welfare states

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 527-544

  Bolukbasi, H Tolga ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

EMU; Neoliberalism; Retrenchment; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449562942     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760902872551     Document Type: Article

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