Introduction: Path-dependencies and change in child-care and preschool institutions in Europe - historical and institutional perspectives

Child Care and Preschool Development in Europe: Institutional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-22

  Scheiwe, Kirsten ^a   Willekens, Harry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 85006025118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230232778     Document Type: Editorial

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