Recession, radicalism and the road to recovery?

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-671

  Sheldon, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academia; Activism; Capitalism; Economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949119821     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590903011139     Document Type: Article

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