Misfortune and what can be done about it: A Taiwanese case study

Social Analysis

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-102

  Stafford, Charles ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Blame; China; Fortune; Misfortune; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864096957     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2012.560207     Document Type: Article

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