Conceptualising the politics of social protection expansion in low income countries: The intersection of transnational ideas and domestic politics

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 388-398

  Lavers, Tom ^a   Hickey, Sam ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developing countries; donor agencies; ideas; politics; social protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963636531     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12210     Document Type: Article

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