The abc of child care politics

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-225

  Brennan, Deborah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Child care; Corporatisation; Marketisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049083677     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00050.x     Document Type: Article

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