Regaining control of the social budgets : fiscal commitment and social insurance reform in France and Germany 1990-2005
Over the past two decades the corporatist-continental welfare states of France and Germany have come under strong budgetary stress. As social expenditure accounts for around half of public spending in both countries, its retrenchment has been prominent on the political agenda. However, governments s...
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645677 |