Constructing 'active citizenship': Single mothers, welfare, and the logics of voluntarism

Citizenship Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-176

  Fuller, Sylvia ^a   Kershaw, Paul ^a   Pulkingham, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Volunteering; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; INCOME; LABOR; SINGLE PARENT; WELFARE REFORM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40449135018     PISSN: 13621025     EISSN: 14693593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13621020801900119     Document Type: Article

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