Welfarism and the multidimensionality of welfare state legitimacy: Evidence from The Netherlands, 2006

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-93

  Van Oorschot, Wim ^a   Meuleman, Bart ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Legitimacy; Public opinion; The Netherlands; Welfare state; Welfarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055188615     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2010.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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