Postmodern Thinking: Where is it Taking Social Work?

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-304

  Noble, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

post welfare debate; postmodernity; social work; social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750612178     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017304047747     Document Type: Article

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