Parents and policy under New Labour: A case study of the United Kingdom's new deal for lone parents

Children's Geographies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-172

  Smith, Fiona ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children and policy; new deal for lone parents; New Labour; parents and policy; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878662815     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2013.779443     Document Type: Article

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