At the Eve of Convergence? Transformations of Social Service Provision in Denmark, Germany, and the United States

Voluntas

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 458-501

  Henriksen, Lars Skov ^a   Smith, Steven Rathgeb ^b   Zimmer, Annette ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Social policy; Social services; Third sector; Welfare state regime

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; HEALTH CARE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

DENMARK; GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863365413     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-011-9221-5     Document Type: Article

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