Who wants to preserve the ‘scandinavian service state’? Attitudes to welfare services among citizens and local government elites in Finland, 1992-6

The End of the Welfare State?: Responses to State Retrenchment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 52-86

  Blomberg, Helena ^a   Kroll, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 85069990520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203022955-9     Document Type: Chapter

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