A culture of worklessness? Historical insights from the Manor and Park area of Sheffield

Policy and Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-85

  Fletcher, Del Roy ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Sheffield; Unemployment; Worklessness

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR POLICY; POLICY MAKING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847083593     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557307779657748     Document Type: Article

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