Dismantling by Default? The Indexation of Social Benefits in Four Countries

Dismantling Public Policy: Preferences, Strategies, and Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Green Pedersen, Christoffer ^a   Christiansen, Flemming Juul ^a   Euchner, Eva Maria ^b   Jensen, Carsten ^a   Turnpenny, John ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British politics; Child benefits policy; Danish politics; Dismantling by default; German politics; Pension policy; Policy dismantling; Social policy; Swedish politics; Unemployment benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921801444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656646.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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