Is social protection in Greece at a crossroads?

European Societies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-616

  Petmesidou, Maria ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

austerity measures; familialist regime; health; pension reform; social care; statism; welfare retrenchment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885183239     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2013.836407     Document Type: Article

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