Comparing public social provision and citizenship in the United States, Canada, and Mexico: Are there implications for a North American space?

Politics and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 716-751

  Luccisano, Lucy ^a   Romagnoli, Amy ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 51249140946     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2007.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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