Like a phoenix from the ashes? Reassessing the transformation of the Swedish political economy since the 1970s

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1126-1145

  Schnyder, Gerhard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarities; institutional change; liberalization; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866293369     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2012.709007     Document Type: Article

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