Deciding to discipline: Race, choice, and punishment at the frontlines of welfare reform

American Sociological Review

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 398-422

  Schram, Sanford F ^a   Soss, Joe ^b   Fording, Richard C ^c   Houser, Linda ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; ETHNIC MINORITY; RACE; WELFARE PROVISION; WELFARE REFORM;

EID: 67650914533     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240907400304     Document Type: Article

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