Social work and the 'war on terror'

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 272-289

  Guru, Surinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'War on terror'; Community cohesion; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649098809     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn129     Document Type: Article

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