Welfare, law and managerialism: Inter-discursivity and inter-professional practice in child care social work

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-64

  Dickens, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Inter professional working; Law; Managerialism welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349094078     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: 1741296X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017307084735     Document Type: Article

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