From melting pot to multiculturalism: The impact of racial and ethnic diversity on social work and social justice in the USA

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 788-804

  Reisch, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Project on Multicultural Social Work History

Author keywords

Multiculturalism; Mutual aid; Racial and ethnic diversity; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749145292     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn001     Document Type: Article

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