Where's the beef? A response to Gray and Webb's 'The return of the political in social work'

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-217

  Ferguson, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative paradigms; Calculative reason; Heidegger's ontology; Post modernism; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249222534     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2009.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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