Negotiating the policy imperative to be healthy: Australian family repertoires of risk, leisure, and healthy lifestyles

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-215

  Fullagar, Simone P ^a   Harrington, Maureen A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family leisure; Governmentality; Health promotion; Healthy lifestyles; Risk; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880383656     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2009.9686818     Document Type: Article

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