Public attitudes towards the welfare state and public policy: The Israeli experience

Israel Affairs

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 621-643

  Cohen, Nissim ^a   Mizrahi, Shlomo ^b   Yuval, Fany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Public administration; Public policy; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855992631     PISSN: 13537121     EISSN: 17439086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537121.2011.603525     Document Type: Article

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