Changing the face of homelessness: Welfare reform’s impact on homeless families

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 143-152

  Miles, Bart W ^a   Fowler, Patrick J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920612577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203820254     Document Type: Chapter

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