Christian foundations of the welfare state: Strong cultural values in comparative perspective

Culture and Welfare State: Values and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 89-114

  Opielka, Michael ^a  

^a University for Applied Sciences   (Germany)

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