Charity or entitlement? Generational habitus and the welfare state among older people in North-east England

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 449-464

  Moffatt, Suzanne ^a,c   Higgs, Paul ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Inequalities; Old age; Welfare benefits

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; INCOME; PENSION SYSTEM; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE IMPACT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548459812     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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