Perceptions of the causes of poverty comparing three national groups: Lebanon, Portugal, and South Africa

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 101-118

  Nasser, Ramzi ^a   Abouchedid, Kamal ^a   Khashan, Hilal ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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