Poverty in global perspective: Is shame a common denominator?

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-233

  Walker, Robert ^a   Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya ^b   Chase, Elaine ^a   Choudhry, Sohail ^a   Gubrium, Erika K ^c   Nicola, Jo Yongmie ^d   Lodemel, Ivar ^a   Mathew, Leemamol ^d   Mwiine, Amon ^e   Pellissery, Sony ^b   Ming, Yan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT   (India)

^e CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

CHINA; INDIA; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; SOUTH KOREA; UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874503338     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279412000979     Document Type: Article

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