Public Funding, Private Delivery: States, Markets, and Early Childhood Education and Care in Liberal Welfare States - A Comparison of Australia, the UK, Quebec, and New Zealand

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-310

  White, Linda A ^a   Friendly, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Childcare Research and Resource Unit   (Canada)

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EID: 84866462032     PISSN: 13876988     EISSN: 15725448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2012.699789     Document Type: Article

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