The humanitarian foundation of public support for social welfare

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 658-677

  Feldman, Stanley ^a   Steenbergen, Marco R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035534489     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2669244     Document Type: Article

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