Neither accidental, nor simply Mean-Spirited: The context for welfare reform

The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 23-37

  Abramovitz, Mimi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203820254     Document Type: Chapter

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