Policy and research on childcare in Sweden

Early Childhood Care and Education: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 77-93

  Hwang, C Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84917107084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203967676     Document Type: Chapter

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