The impact of government intervention in pre-school provision

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Stephen, Christine ^a   Brown, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Practice changes; Pre school provision; Voucher system

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849084585     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991530101     Document Type: Article

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