The culture of the welfare state: Historical and theoretical arguments

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-26

  Van Oorschot, Wim ^a   Opielka, Michael ^b   Pfau Effinger, Birgit ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University for Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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