Influences on politicians' decision making for early childhood education and care policy: What do we know? What don't we know?

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-217

  Bown, Kathryn ^a   Sumsion, Jennifer ^a   Press, Frances ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 71849090400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14639491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/ciec.2009.10.3.194     Document Type: Review

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