The emperor's new jobs: Welfare reform, unemployment and education policy

Urban Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-194

  D'Amico, Deborah ^a  

^a Consortium for Worker Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

USA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK;

EID: 0030430563     PISSN: 08946019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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