The American Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Asset- and Means- Tested Social Assistance Programs

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The American Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Asset- and Means- Tested Social Assistance Programs. / Abrahamson, Peter.

The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems: Towards Global Social Policy Science. ed. / Christian Aspalter. 2. ed. Taylor & Francis, 2023. p. 134-159.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Abrahamson, P 2023, The American Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Asset- and Means- Tested Social Assistance Programs. in C Aspalter (ed.), The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems: Towards Global Social Policy Science. 2 edn, Taylor & Francis, pp. 134-159. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003333173-5

APA

Abrahamson, P. (2023). The American Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Asset- and Means- Tested Social Assistance Programs. In C. Aspalter (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems: Towards Global Social Policy Science (2 ed., pp. 134-159). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003333173-5

Vancouver

Abrahamson P. The American Welfare State System: A Special Focus on Asset- and Means- Tested Social Assistance Programs. In Aspalter C, editor, The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems: Towards Global Social Policy Science. 2 ed. Taylor & Francis. 2023. p. 134-159 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003333173-5

Author

Abrahamson, Peter. / The American Welfare State System : A Special Focus on Asset- and Means- Tested Social Assistance Programs. The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems: Towards Global Social Policy Science. editor / Christian Aspalter. 2. ed. Taylor & Francis, 2023. pp. 134-159

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