The effortful citizen: Discursive social psychology and welfare reform

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 393-410

  Gibson, Stephen ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Discursive social psychology; Effort; Explanations; Interpretative repertoires; Social citizenship; Unemployment; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349983255     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1003     Document Type: Article

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