The social stratification of social risks: The relevance of class for social investment strategies

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-67

  Pintelon, Olivier ^a   Cantillon, Bea ^a   Van den Bosch, Karel ^a   Whelan, Christopher T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

individualization thesis; social class; social investment state; social risks; social stratification

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 84872769755     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928712463156     Document Type: Article

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