Government quality, egalitarianism, and attitudes to taxes and social spending: A European comparison

European Political Science Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-380

  Svallfors, Stefan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attitudes; comparative; European Social Survey; quality of government; welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886476567     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175577391200015X     Document Type: Review

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