Confining social insecurity: Neoliberalism and the rise of the 21 st century debtors prison

Politics and Gender

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-49

  Lebaron, Genevieve ^a   Roberts, Adrienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84867461599     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X12000062     Document Type: Article

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