The discovery of unemployment’: New forms for the government of poverty

Economy and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 265-290

  Walters, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0028551404     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085149400000006     Document Type: Article

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