Welfare reform in persistent rural poverty: Dreams, disenchantments, and diversity

Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty: Dreams, Disenchantments, and Diversity

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  Pickering, Kathleen ^a   Harvey, Mark H ^a   Summers, Gene F ^a   Mushinski, David ^a  

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