Clients or consumers, commonplace or pioneers? Navigating the contemporary class politics of family, parenting skills and education

Ethics and Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-154

  Edwards, Rosalind ^a   Gillies, Val ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

family; gender; parenting; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861006953     PISSN: 17449642     EISSN: 17449650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449642.2011.622982     Document Type: Article

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