Poverty, race, and antipoverty policy before and after hurricane katrina

Du Bois Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-36

  Danziger, Sheldon ^a   Danziger, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipoverty Policy; Income Support Programs; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548973282     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X06060085     Document Type: Article

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