"the meaning of poverty" and contemporary quantitative poverty research

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 103-110

  Rosenfeld, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; POVERTY; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POVERTY; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 75149169787     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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