Risk and Social Welfare

✍ Scribed by Jason L. Powell; Azrini Wahidin

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 164
Series: Social Issues, Justice and Status
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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Public welfare. ; Social policy. ; Risk -- Sociological aspects.; POL019000; POL029000; SOC026000

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