The rewards of a qualitative approach to life-course research. The example of the effects of social protection policies on career paths

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Verd, Joan Miquel ^a   Andreu, Martí López ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Life course research; Mixed methods; Social protection; Stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053518642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14385627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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