'Choice' and 'flexibility' in reconciling work and family: Towards a convergence in policy discourse on work and family in France and the UK?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-21

  Milner, Susan ^a  

^a European Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family policy; France; Policy discourse; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952862771     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557309X445591     Document Type: Article

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