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Social security policy and vindictiveness. / Grover, Christopher.
In: Sociological Research Online, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2010.

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Grover C. Social security policy and vindictiveness. Sociological Research Online. 2010;15(2).

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Grover, Christopher. / Social security policy and vindictiveness. In: Sociological Research Online. 2010 ; Vol. 15, No. 2.

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