Is social exclusion a useful concept in children's services?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 737-754

  Axford, Nick ^a  

^a Dartington Service Design Lab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's services; Need; Poverty; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953864475     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn121     Document Type: Article

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