The illusion of technique: How method-driven research leads welfare scholarship astray

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 798-807

  Soss, Joe ^a   Condon, Meghan ^a   Holleque, Matthew ^a   Wichowsky, Amber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33750455853     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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