Social justice and the global economy: New challenges for social work in the 21st century

Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-290

  Polack, Robert J ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt crisis; Economic justice; Global economy; Social justice; Sweatshops

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED NATIONS;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COLONIALISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 2542516171     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/49.2.281     Document Type: Article

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