From "poor" to "not poor": Improved understandings and the advantage of the qualitative approach

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-177

  Wint, Eleanor ^a   Frank, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Georgian College   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Caribbean community; Community development; NVivo; Poverty; Qualitative assessment; Qualitative software

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645756389     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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