Child support: The limits of social policy based on assumptions of knavery

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 552-566

  Uttley, Stephen ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child support; Human behaviour; New Zealand; Social policy

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; POLICY STRATEGY; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033385523     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00170     Document Type: Article

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