No race in any direction: State welfare and income regimes

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-543

  Rodgers Jr , Harrell R ^a   Beamer, Glenn ^b   Payne, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Devolution; Government capacity; Income regimes; Poverty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY; STATE ROLE; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 56849121769     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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