Attitudes towards the unemployed. An analysis of Swedish survey data

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-203

  Fur̊aker, Bengt ^a   Blomsterberg, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Stigma; Stigmatisation; Sweden; Unemployment; Unemployment benefits

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0344983915     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.t01-1-00005     Document Type: Article

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