Scrounger, worker, beggarman, cheat: The dynamics of unemployment and the politics of resistance in belfast

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 531-550

  Howe, L E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13244254386     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3034160     Document Type: Article

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