Not for widows only: Institutional politics and the formative years of aid to dependent children

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-448

  Cauthen, Nancy K ^a   Amenta, Edwin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001179153     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096357     Document Type: Article

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