The Politics of Poverty: Left Political Institutions, the Welfare State, and Poverty

Social Forces

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 557-588

  Brady, David ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2142760016     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2004.0004     Document Type: Article

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