The order of chaos: Exploring agency care managers' construction of social order within fragmented worlds of state social work

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-573

  Carey, Malcolm ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency labour; Deskilling; Flexibility; Globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249118376     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm143     Document Type: Article

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