"You trade in a man for the man": Domestic violence and the U.S. Welfare State

American Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-277

  Kandaswamy, Priya ^a  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77954899216     PISSN: 00030678     EISSN: 10806490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aq.0.0133     Document Type: Review

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