Public attributions for poverty in Canada

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Reutter, Linda I ^a   Veenstra, Gerry ^b   Stewart, Miriam J ^a   Raphael, Dennis ^c   Love, Rhonda ^d   Makwarimba, Edward ^a   McMurray, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33645566854     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2006.tb00852.x     Document Type: Review

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