Social Volunteering in Welfare States: Where Crowding Out Should Occur

Political Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-155

  Stadelmann Steffen, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 79551625659     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2010.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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