Towards a social democratic pension system? Assessing the significance of the 2007 and 2008 pensions acts

Social Policy Review 22: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 71-96

  Bridgen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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