Care for sale: The influence of New Public Management in child protection in Sweden

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-110

  Höjer, Staffan ^a   Forkby, Torbjörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

child protection; general agreements; investigations; New Public Management; procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251518238     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcq053     Document Type: Article

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