What do they say they are doing? Thematic analysis of local government Disability Action Plans

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 168-186

  McGrath, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Discourse analysis; Local government; Recreation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249084687     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2008.9686791     Document Type: Article

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