Greece-fighting with hands tied behind the back: Anti-poverty policy without a minimum income

Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe: Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 24-64

  Matsaganis, Manos ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 84876248017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203356906     Document Type: Chapter

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