Flexible contracting? Economic cultures and implicit contracts in social care

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-19

  Mackintosh, Maureen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034101023     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279400005845     Document Type: Article

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