Social investment, protection and inequality within the new economy and politics of welfare in Europe

Social Policy and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 611-624

  Ellison, Marion ^a   Fenger, Menno ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'knowledge economy'; democracy; inequality; Welfare; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894175168     PISSN: 14747464     EISSN: 14753073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474746413000274     Document Type: Review

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