The end of the UK's liberal collectivist social model? The implications of the coalition government's policy during the austerity crisis

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-126

  Grimshaw, Damian ^a   Rubery, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labour market; Life course; Public sector; Social policy; UK social model

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR MARKET; LIBERALISM; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855887710     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ber033     Document Type: Article

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