The policy acknowledgement gap: Explaining (mis)perceptions of government social program use.
Nearly, all Americans have received social policy benefits, yet many do not acknowledge "using government social programs." Why? Work on the submerged state proposes that people who receive social assistance through market mechanisms do not realize that the benefits they get are the result of govern...
| Publicado en: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 47 - 72 |
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Feb2024
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