'Lifeworld', 'system' and family group conferences: Habermas's contribution to discourse in child protection

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 987-1006

  Hayes, David ^a   Houston, Stan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Empowerment; Family group conferences; Habermas

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049138766     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl055     Document Type: Article

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