What's at risk? The proliferation of risk across child and youth policy in England

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 939-959

  Turnbull, Gavin ^a   Spence, Jean ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity; New Labour; risk; transition; youth; youth policy; youth work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859133831     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2011.616489     Document Type: Article

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