Charitable choice: The religious component of the us-welfare-reform — Theoretical and methodological reflections on “faith-based-organizations” as social service agencies

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Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-111

  Nagel, Alexander Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 77957309678     PISSN: 00295973     EISSN: 15685276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156852706776942294     Document Type: Article

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