‘Wannabe WAGS’ and ‘Credit Binges’: The Construction of Overindebtedness in the UK

Consumer Credit, Debt and Bankruptcy: Comparative and International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 75-89

  Ramsay, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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