The U.S. welfare state: A battleground for human rights

Human Rights in the United States: Beyond Exceptionalism

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 46-67

  Abramovitz, Mimi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511842269.004     Document Type: Chapter

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