Social security politics: Ideology and reform

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Svihula, Judie ^a   Estes, Carroll L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247623534     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.2.S79     Document Type: Article

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