Paperwork, rotas, words and posters: an anthropological account of some inner London childminders' encounters with professionalisation

Sociological Review

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 779-802

  O'Connell, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80155126068     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2011.02034.x     Document Type: Article

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