Questioning the new orthodoxy: The ‘Looking After Children’ (LAC) system and its discourse on parenting

Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-64

  Garrett, Paul Michael ^a  

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EID: 84937177719     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503159908412554     Document Type: Article

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