Mission impossible? Critical practice in social work

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1289-1307

  Stepney, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

'Third way'; Critical practice; Emancipation; Social work; Tough love'; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845462874     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch388     Document Type: Article

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