A life-course perspective on social exclusion and poverty

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-128

  Dewilde, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalization; Life course; Longitudinal analysis; Poverty; Social exclusion; Welfare State

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0038050643     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007131032000045923     Document Type: Review

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