Is social service contracting coercive, competitive, or collaborative evidence from the case allocation patterns of child protection services

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 25-42

  Zullo, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare services; Privatization; Social service contracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845371615     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v30n03_03     Document Type: Article

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