Endangered children: Experiencing and surviving the state as failed parent and grandparent

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1123-1144

  Dominelli, Lena ^a   Strega, Susan ^b   Callahan, Marilyn ^b   Rutman, Debbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Familialism; Grounded theory; Parenting; Poverty; Practice; Practitioners; Racism; Rights; State as grandparent; State as parent; Young mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544493088     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch224     Document Type: Article

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