Financial Altruism or Unilateral Resource Exchanges? Toward a Pure Sociology of Welfare

Sociological Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-358

  Michalski, Joseph H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 10744228912     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9558.2003.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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