The burden of reciprocity: Processes of exclusion and withdrawal from personal networks among low-income families

Current Sociology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 788-805

  Offer, Shira ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

apoyo social; Familias de bajos ingresos; Familles faibles revenus; Low income families; pauvret ; pobreza; poverty; r ciprocit ; r seaux sociaux; reciprocidad; reciprocity; redes sociales; social networks; social support; soutien social

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868295261     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392112454754     Document Type: Article

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