How to be modern: New labour's neoliberal modernity and the change for children programme

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-289

  Garrett, Paul Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children's services; Common language; Flexibility; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949107043     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl345     Document Type: Article

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