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Inclusive child welfare services, disabled children, and their families: insights from a European comparison of social policy and social (work) practice in Austria, Iceland, and Ireland

Inklusive Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, behinderte Kinder und ihre Familien: Erkenntnisse aus dem europäischen Vergleich von Policy und Praxis in Österreich, Island und Irland

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