Increasing user choice or privatizing risk? The antinomies of personalization

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-403

  Ferguson, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Deprofessionalization; Personalization; Responsibilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249158567     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm016     Document Type: Article

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