Altruism or self-interest? social spending and the life course

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 73-99

  Street, Debra ^a   Cossman, Jeralynn Sittig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged politics; Altruism; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748566280     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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