Challenging East-West value dichotomies and essentialising discourse on culture and social work

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 398-407

  Sewpaul, Vishanthie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture; Essentialising discourse; Liberal democracy; Neoliberal capitalism; Tradition; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548799170     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2007.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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