New Labour, the rationality mistake and family policy in Britain

Analysing Families: Morality and Rationality in Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 110-128

  Barlow, Anne ^a   Duncan, Simon ^b   James, Grace ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

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