Connecting ethnicity, agency and ageing

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 165-175

  Wray, Sharon ^a  

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Author keywords

Ageing; Agency; Autonomy; Culture; Empowerment; Ethnicity; Independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444394963     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.866     Document Type: Article

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