Symbolic purposes and factual consequences of the concepts "self-reliance" and "dependency" in contemporary discourses on welfare

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-64

  Halvorsen, K ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dependency; Discourse; Self reliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242564665     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1998.tb00275.x     Document Type: Article

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