Claiming blame and giving credit? unintended effects of how government and opposition frame the europeanization of welfare

European Union Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-595

  Kumlin, Staffan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Social Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

blame avoidance; European integration; European Union; government; opposition; welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655164312     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116511417296     Document Type: Article

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