When Do Welfare Attitudes Become Racialized? The Paradoxical Effects of Education

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 374-391

  Federico, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 1942473729     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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