Culture and social policy: A developing field of study

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-139

  van Oorschot, Wim ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culture; Social policy; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947724747     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2006.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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