Introduction: Crisis, policy responses and widening inequalities in the EU

International Labour Review

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-312

  Leschke, Janine ^a   Jepsen, Maria ^a  

^a Employment and Social Policies Unit of the Research Department at the European Trade Union Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Denmark; Economic Recession; Equal Employment Opportunity; Eu Countries; Gender; Gender Equality; Germany; Governance; Labour Market; Slovakia; Social Policy; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GENDER RELATIONS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL POLICY;

DENMARK; GERMANY; SLOVAKIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871021779     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: 1564913X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2012.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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