Pat Moynihan thinks about families

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 621, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-33

  Wilson, James Q ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Race; Single parent families; The Negro Family; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849110920     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208324606     Document Type: Editorial

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