What I need and what the poor deserve: Analyzing the gap between the minimum income needed for oneself and the view of an adequate norm for social assistance

Social Forces

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-60

  Halleröd, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 8344246927     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2004.0112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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