Questioning habermasian social work: A note on some alternative theoretical resources

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 867-883

  Garrett, Paul Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bakhtin; Bourdieu; Gramsci; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349135232     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn026     Document Type: Article

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