Privatizing risk without privatizing the welfare state: The hidden politics of social policy retrenchment in the United States

American Political Science Review

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-260

  Hacker, Jacob S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042723633     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055404001121     Document Type: Review

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