Is social policy retrenchment unpopular? How welfare reforms affect government popularity

European Sociological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 691-700

  Giger, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 84867428411     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcr039     Document Type: Review

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