Jumping through hoops - the cost of compliance on sole parents

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-167

  Mcarthur, Morag ^a   Thomson, Lorraine ^a   Winkworth, Gail ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Policy management; Single parents; Social policy; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875844765     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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