Missed opportunities: Conservative discourses in the draft National Family Policy of South Africa

International Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-91

  Hochfeld, Tessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservative discourses; Families; Fatherhood; Motherhood; Social policy; South African social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845410740     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807071484     Document Type: Article

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