The Future of the Welfare State: Crisis Myths and Crisis Realities

The Future of the Welfare State: Crisis Myths and Crisis Realities

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-208

  Castles, Francis G ^a  

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Author keywords

European social model; Family friendly public policy; Fertility trends; Globalization; New politics of the welfare state; Population ageing; Race to the bottom; Steady state welfare; Welfare state crisis; Welfare state typologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921953014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199270171.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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