Society versus the state: The social construction of explanatory narratives in social policy research

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 185-195

  Kemeny, Jim ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hobbes; Locke; Market; Narratives; Social policy; Somers; State

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

EID: 0036964387     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140360902321122888     Document Type: Article

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