Dis-integrated policy: Welfare-to-work participants' experiences of integrating paid work and unpaid family work

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-69

  Breitkreuz, Rhond S ^a   Williamson, Deanna L ^a   Raine, Kim D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian social policy; Childcare; Low income; Work family integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549157689     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800902923753     Document Type: Article

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