The political participation of social workers: A comparative study

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-110

  Gray, Mel ^a,d   Van Rooyen, Colin Collett ^b   Rennie, Gavin ^c   Gaha, Jo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Independent Projects Trust   (South Africa)

^c UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Human rights; Political participation; Politics; Social justice; Social policy; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347899528     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00204     Document Type: Article

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