Rethinking family support in the current policy context

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-19

  Featherstone, Brid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family; Social investment state; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644438934     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch226     Document Type: Review

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