Discovering child poverty: The creation of a policy agenda from 1800 to the present

Discovering Child Poverty: The Creation of a Policy Agenda from 1800 to the Present

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  Platt, Lucinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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