An institutional embeddedness of welfare opinions? the link between public opinion and social policy in the netherlands (1970-2004)

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 369-386

  Raven, Judith ^a   Achterberg, Peter ^a   Van Der Veen, Romke ^a   Yerkes, Mara ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 82455250999     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279410000577     Document Type: Review

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