Racialization, asymmetry, and the context of welfare attitudes in the American states

Journal of Political and Military Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-120

  Fullerton, Andrew S ^a   Dixon, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

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EID: 70349914032     PISSN: 00472697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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