Introduction: Federalism and the welfare state

Federalism and the Welfare State: New World and European Experiences

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-50

  Obinger, Herbert ^a   Leibfried, Stephan ^a   Castles, Francis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511491856.002     Document Type: Chapter

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