The individualisation of activation services in context

Making it Personal: Individualising Activation Services in the EU

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-21

  Van Berkel, Rik ^a   Valkenburg, Ben ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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