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Book Title: The Welfare Marketplace: Privatization And Welfare Reform
Number of Pages: 150 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Welfare Marketplace : Privatization and Welfare Reform
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication Year: 2003
Subject: Public Policy / Social Policy, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Mary Bryna Sanger
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
