A silent revolution? New management ideas and the reinvention of European public employment services

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 461-486

  Weishaupt, J Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Governance; Institutional change; Labor market institutions; Modernization; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954360117     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwq004     Document Type: Article

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