'A frog in a well': The exclusion of disabled people from work in Cambodia

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-301

  Gartrell, Alexandra ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Culture; Disability; Employment; Exclusion; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951873956     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687591003701207     Document Type: Article

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