Low-income families: Experiences and responses to consumer exclusion

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue , 2009, Pages 543-557

  Hamilton, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Consumerism; Disadvantaged groups; Nothern Ireland; Poverty; Social satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950772485     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330910986315     Document Type: Article

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