Work/family balance policies in the UK since 1997: A new departure?

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-381

  Lewis, Jane ^a   Campbell, Mary ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250314099     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279407001067     Document Type: Article

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