Habitus and the practice of public service

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-647

  McDonough, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Habitus; Logic of practice; Public service; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751422082     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017006069805     Document Type: Article

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