Another snapshot of social work in China: Capturing multiple positioning and intersecting discourses in rapid movement

Australian Social Work

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-87

  Tsang, A Ka Tat ^a   Sin, Rick ^b   Jia, Cunfu ^c   Yan, Miu Chung ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c China College of Civil Affairs   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Discourse; Professionalisation; Social Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049119062     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070701818740     Document Type: Article

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