Comparative aging and qualitative theorizing

Qualitative Sociology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-59

  Cook, Ian G ^a   Halsall, Jamie ^a   Powell, Jason L ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Global understanding; Nation states; Qualitative Theorizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954051483     PISSN: 17338077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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