State austerity and the racial politics of same-sex marriage in the US

Sexualities

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 706-725

  Kandaswamy, Priya ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Race; Same sex marriage; Social rights; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349096478     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460708096914     Document Type: Article

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