The relationship between the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and innovative welfare practices on a local level

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 205-219

  Larrison, Christopher R ^a   Nackerud, Larry ^b   Lane Crea, Lea ^b   Robinson Dooley, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Devolution; Innovation; PRWORA; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750370872     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v12n02_11     Document Type: Article

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