Determinants of welfare service provision after the Golden Age

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-134

  Jensen, Carsten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Change; New politics; Partisan effects; Public expenditure; Social welfare; Social work; Welfare services

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952471600     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2009.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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