Welfare state opinions among citizens, mp-candidates and elites: Evidence from Finland

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 87-105

  Forma, Pauli ^a  

^a Finland Institute of Technology   (Finland)

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EID: 85070022180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203022955-10     Document Type: Chapter

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