The United States: Federalism and its counter-factuals

Federalism and the Welfare State: New World and European Experiences

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 138-180

  Finegold, Kenneth ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511491856.005     Document Type: Chapter

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