Unemployed citizen or 'at risk' client? Classification systems and employment services in Denmark and Australia

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Unemployed citizen or 'at risk' client? Classification systems and employment services in Denmark and Australia. / Larsen, Jørgen Elm; Caswell, Dorte; Marston, Greg.

In: Critical Social Policy, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2010, p. 384-404.

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Harvard

Larsen, JE, Caswell, D & Marston, G 2010, 'Unemployed citizen or 'at risk' client? Classification systems and employment services in Denmark and Australia', Critical Social Policy, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 384-404. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018310367674

APA

Larsen, J. E., Caswell, D., & Marston, G. (2010). Unemployed citizen or 'at risk' client? Classification systems and employment services in Denmark and Australia. Critical Social Policy, 30(3), 384-404. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018310367674

Vancouver

Larsen JE, Caswell D, Marston G. Unemployed citizen or 'at risk' client? Classification systems and employment services in Denmark and Australia. Critical Social Policy. 2010;30(3):384-404. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018310367674

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Larsen, Jørgen Elm ; Caswell, Dorte ; Marston, Greg. / Unemployed citizen or 'at risk' client? Classification systems and employment services in Denmark and Australia. In: Critical Social Policy. 2010 ; Vol. 30, No. 3. pp. 384-404.

Bibtex

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