High stakes: The "Investable" Child and the Economic Reframing of Childcare

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Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 687-710

  Prentice, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 63049088716     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593711     Document Type: Review

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