Extending constructionist social problems to the study of housing problems

Social Constructionism in Housing Research

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 49-70

  Kemeny, Jim ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315242965-4     Document Type: Chapter

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