Reflexive governance and child sexual abuse: Liberal welfare rationality and the Cleveland inquiry

Economy and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-88

  Ashenden, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governmentality; Law; Science; State family relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002807132     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085149600000003     Document Type: Article

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