Researching governmentalities through ethnography: The case of Australian welfare reforms and programs for single parents

Critical Policy Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-282

  Brady, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethnographies of policy; governmentality; interpretive policy; single mothers; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859406891     PISSN: 19460171     EISSN: 1946018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2011.606300     Document Type: Article

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