Race, Bureaucratic Discretion, and the Implementation of Welfare Reform

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 314-327

  Keiser, Lael R ^a   Mueser, Peter R ^a   Choi, Seung Whan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1942505975     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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