'Any advice is welcome isn't it?': Neoliberal parenting education, local mothering cultures, and social class

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-111

  Holloway, Sarah L ^a   Pimlott Wilson, Helena ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Geography; Good mothering; Local parenting cultures; Parenting classes; Place

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; OECD; PARENTAL CARE; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84892996183     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45457     Document Type: Article

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