Social and economic justice, human rights and peace: The challenge for social work in Canada and the USA

International Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 727-739

  Lundy, Colleen ^a   Van Wormer, Katherine ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian social work; Economic justice; Global market; Human rights; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348928649     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807081899     Document Type: Article

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