Beyond welfare: Framing and the racialization of white opinion on social security

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 400-420

  Winter, Nicholas J G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 33645314923     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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