Parenting and public policy: Contextualizing the swedish corporal punishment ban

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-461

  Durrant, Joan E ^a   Olsen, Gregg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporal punishment; Cultural ideology; Parenting; Public policy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937263500     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649069708410210     Document Type: Article

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