European Social Model: No convergence from the East

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-135

  Draxler, Juraj ^a   van Vliet, Olaf ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deepening and widening; EU integration; European Social Model; Pensions; Social policy; Welfare regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954457232     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036330903375230     Document Type: Article

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