Prevention and social exclusion: New understandings for policy and practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1194-1211

  Morris, Kate ^a,b   Barnes, Marian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Social Work ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child care policy; Children's Fund; Prevention; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849093575     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm029     Document Type: Article

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