Psycho-social dimensions of poverty: When poverty becomes shameful

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 514-531

  Jo, Yongmie Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dominant discourse; poverty; shame; social exclusion; social policy

Indexed keywords

POVERTY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 84880836307     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018313479008     Document Type: Article

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