Income support policy in canada and the UK: Different, but much the same

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 673-686

  Malacrida, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Critical discourse analysis; Disability policy; Financial support; Narrative analysis; UK; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956605618     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2010.505739     Document Type: Article

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