The political activities of social workers in the context of changing roles and political transition in Hong Kong

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-180

  Chui, Ernest ^a   Gray, Mel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Political participation; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442464961     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-6866.2004.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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