Contemporary fathering: Theory, policy and practice

Contemporary Fathering: Theory, Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-224

  Featherstone, Brid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

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