Predicting support for welfare policies: The impact of attributions and beliefs about inequality

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 35-56

  Bullock, Heather ^a   Williams, Wendy R ^a   Limbert, Wendy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward welfare reform; Attributions; Beliefs about inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344245856     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v07n03_03     Document Type: Article

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