Implementation of the human right to social security around the world: A preliminary analysis of national social protections laws

The State of Economic and Social Human Rights: A Global Overview

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 117-134

  Scruggs, Lyle ^a   Zimmermann, Christian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84924108853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139235600.006     Document Type: Chapter

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