Supporting lone-parent families…through work: A challenging issue for British social policy

Policy Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-118

  Sumaza, Carmen Rodríguez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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EID: 84937340921     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870120096358     Document Type: Article

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