The Anglo-American pension regime: Failures of the divided welfare state

Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 155-174

  Blackburn, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919506652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203945681     Document Type: Chapter

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