The politics of representing ‘the poor’

The Power of Labelling: How People are Categorized and Why it Matters

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 48-63

  Fujita, Mamoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84925724216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849773225     Document Type: Chapter

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