Democratising the family and the state? The case of family group conferences in child welfare

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-77

  Holland, Sally ^a   Scourfield, Jonathan ^a   O'Neill, Sean ^a   Pithouse, Andrew ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; EMPOWERMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 13844294317     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279404008268     Document Type: Article

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