Network governance of active employment policy: The Danish experience

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-262

  Damgaard, Bodil ^a   Torfing, Jacob ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Governance; Local networks; Metagovernance; Reform; Welfare; Workfare

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR POLICY; POLICY REFORM; STAKEHOLDER;

DENMARK;

EID: 77954179498     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928710364435     Document Type: Article

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