Parents, power and public participation: Sure Start, an experiment in new labour governance

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 528-543

  Gustafsson, Ulla ^a   Driver, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Governance; Power; Public participation; Sure Start

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 33745224092     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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