Explaining homelessness: A critical realist perspective

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Fitzpatrick, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Homelessness

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING POLICY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18944403258     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090510034563     Document Type: Article

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