'What matters is what works': Labour's journey from national superannuation to personal accounts

British Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-64

  Pemberton, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labour party; New Labour; Pensions; Personal accounts; Social democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950211312     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2009.27     Document Type: Article

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