Review essay liquid modernity: Bauman on contemporary welfare society

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-179

  Abrahamson, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of Sociology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Postmodernity; Poverty; Social policy; Space; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042685217     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699304043854     Document Type: Review

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