'At home' in state institutions: The caring practices and potentialities of human service workers

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-663

  Askew, Louise E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Care; Ethics; Human service workers; Social governance; State institutions

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR STANDARD; NEOLIBERALISM; SERVICE PROVISION; TREND ANALYSIS; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67649998503     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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