States’ rights, women’s obligations: Contemporary welfare reform in historical perspective

Women and Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-34

  Mettler, Suzanne ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Devolution; Federalism; Social citizenship; Social policy; Welfare reform; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002759528     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v21n01_01     Document Type: Article

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