Soft europeanization?: The differential influence of the European Employment Strategy in Belgium, Spain, and Sweden

Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes: The Influence of the Open Method of Coordination on National Reforms

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 134-153

  López Santana, Mariely ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959744089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203878873     Document Type: Chapter

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