State welfare options: Why are some states tough?

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-400

  Rodgers, Harrell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEGAL SYSTEM; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944370329     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2005.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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