Poverty, social exclusion and the politics of disability: Care as a social good and the expenditure of social capital in Chuadanga, Bangladesh

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-385

  Foley, Dermot ^a   Chowdhury, Jahan ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Care economy; Chuadanga; Disability studies; Poverty; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; EQUITY; EXPENDITURE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547100992     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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