The Slovene welfare system: Gradual reform instead of shock treatment

The Handbook of European Welfare Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 444-461

  Kolarič, Zinka ^a   Kopač, Anja ^a   Rakar, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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