Between universal policy and individualised practice: Analysing activation policy in Finland

Making it Personal: Individualising Activation Services in the EU

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 149-167

  Keskitalo, Elsa ^a  

^a HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

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