The introduction of long-term care policy schemes: Policy development, policy transfer and policy change

Policy and politics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-342

  Theobald, Hildegard ^a   Kern, Kristine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross country comparison; Long term Care; Policy change; Transnational transfer

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL POLICY;

EUROPE; JAPAN;

EID: 80051557879     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X520252     Document Type: Article

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