Welfare Cuts and Insecurity under the Rule of Austerity: the Impact of the Crisis on Portuguese Social Services

<p>TThis paper discusses the impact of austerity on social services in Portugal. The highly complex process of changes to public services launched by anti-crisis programmes needs to be analysed from different perspectives. On the supply side, the impacts are associated with reducing expenditur...

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Main Authors: Pedro Hespanha, Silvia Portugal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2015-12-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2683350