Fate, responsibility, and "natural" disaster relief: Narrating the American welfare state

Law and Society Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-318

  Landis, Michele L ^a  

^a AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/3115166     Document Type: Article

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