'Virtue', 'citizen character' and 'social environment': Social theory and agency in social policy since 1830

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-302

  Offer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL THEORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644762115     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279405009530     Document Type: Article

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