Agency, transgression and the causation of homelessness: A contextualised rational action analysis

European Journal of Housing Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-84

  Nicholls, Carol McNaughton ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Critical realism; Edgework

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HOMELESSNESS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 62149150211     PISSN: 14616718     EISSN: 14733269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616710802693607     Document Type: Article

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