Has support for Social Security declined? Attitudes toward the public pension scheme in the USA, 2000 and 2010

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Quadagno, Jill ^a   Pederson, Joellen ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Pension reform; Political ideology; Social risk; Social Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865653097     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2012.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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