Meeting parents' needs? Discourses of 'support' and 'inclusion' in family policy

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-90

  Gillies, Val ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Exclusion; New Labour; Parenting

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 12844275034     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018305048968     Document Type: Article

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