Relational agency in collaborations for the well-being of children and young people

Journal of Children's Services

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-43

  Edwards, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Distributed expertise; Practitioners; Prevention; Relational agency; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952158884     PISSN: 17466660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17466660200900004     Document Type: Article

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