Teaching students to become effective in policy practice: Integrating social capital into social work education and practice

Journal of Policy Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 226-238

  Ersing, Robin L ^a   Loeffler, Diane N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Social capital; Social justice; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749141803     PISSN: 15588742     EISSN: 15588750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15588740801938076     Document Type: Article

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