Assessing the welfare state: The politics of happiness

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-277

  Pacek, Alexander ^a   Radcliff, Benjamin ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 44949213795     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592708080602     Document Type: Review

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