The maladies of social capital II: Resisting neo-liberal conformism

Critique

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-268

  Law, Alex ^a   Mooney, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neo liberalism; Resistance; Social capital; Third Way ideology; Voluntarism; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849093557     PISSN: 00111600     EISSN: 03017605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03017600600994679     Document Type: Article

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