Irresponsible citizens? New Labour, citizenship and the case of non-payment of local taxation

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 504-525

  Orton, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Council tax; Debt; Insecurity; Responsibility; Social relations

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 8744260482     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018304046674     Document Type: Article

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