Managing restructured social services: Expanding the social?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 530-547

  Aronson, Jane ^a   Smith, Kristin ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Restructuring; Social justice; Social service management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949310685     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp002     Document Type: Article

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