The place of disgust: Disability, class and gender in spaces of workfare

Societies

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 139-156

  Soldatic, Karen ^a   Meekosha, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Class; Disability; Disgust; Gender; Respectability; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888259161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/soc2030139     Document Type: Article

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