The long-term unemployed, informal economic activity and the 'underclass' in Belfast: Rejecting or reinstating the work ethic

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-59

  Leonard, Madeleine ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INFORMAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

UK, NORTHERN IRELAND, BELFAST;

EID: 0031876109     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00122     Document Type: Article

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