Accounting for poverty: From attribution to discourse

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-265

  Harper, David J ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attribution; Discourse analysis; Explanations of poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030517753     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199610)6:4<249::AID-CASP369>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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