Neo-Liberal Small States and Economic Crisis: Lessons for Democratic Corporatism

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-103

  Thorhallsson, Baldur ^a   Kattel, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

democratic corporatism; discursive institutionalism; economic crisis; Estonia; Iceland; neo liberal policies; small states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874449109     PISSN: 01629778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2012.719306     Document Type: Article

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