Happiness, well-being and housing policy

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-267

  Clapham, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing policy; Self esteem; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649950855     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X488457     Document Type: Article

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