The politics of children's health insurance policy

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-66

  Tope, Daniel ^a   Hickman, Lisa N ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's Health Insurance; CHIP; Political sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859252843     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2012.55.1.43     Document Type: Article

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