Emergent family support practices in a context of policy churn: An example from the children's fund

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-346

  Warren, Simon ^a   Apostolov, Apostol ^b   Broughton, Kevin ^b   Evans, Ruth ^b   MacNab, Natasha ^b   Smith, Penny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85044910787     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270600863234     Document Type: Article

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