Enabling Social Policy

• Main Authors: Maydell, B. v. (Author), Borchardt, K. (Author), Henke, K.-D (Author), Leitner, R. (Author), Muffels, R. (Author), Quante, M. (Author), Rauhala, P.-L (Author), Verschraegen, G. (Author), Żukowski, M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wütscher, Friederike (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Series: Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung, Schriftenreihe der Europäischen Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH, 26
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Engineering.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Social Sciences.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Engineering, general.

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