Mothering for the state: Foster parenting and the challenges of government-contracted carework

Gender and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-587

  Swartz, Teresa Toguchi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 909 Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Carework; Foster care; Social services; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644235090     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243204267778     Document Type: Review

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