Advocacy be not forsaken! Retrospective lessons from welfare reform

Families in Society

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 611-620

  Lens, Vicki ^a   Gibelman, Margaret ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034344971     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.1073     Document Type: Article

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