Welfare and citizenship: The effects of government assistance on young adults' civic participation

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 633-665

  Swartz, Teresa Toguchi ^a,c   Blackstone, Amy ^b   Uggen, Christopher ^a   McLaughlin, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c 909 Social Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

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EID: 70349855102     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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