Human dignity in concept and practice

Policy Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-319

  Mattson, David J ^a   Clark, Susan G ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonwealth; Human dignity; Human rights; Lasswell; Policy; Values

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 80255140516     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-010-9124-0     Document Type: Article

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