Social privilege, social justice, and group counseling: An inquiry

Journal for Specialists in Group Work

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-366

  Smith, Lance C ^a,b   Shin, Richard Q ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Group work multiculturalism; Male privilege; Social justice; Social privilege; White privilege

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950733012     PISSN: 01933922     EISSN: 15496295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01933920802424415     Document Type: Article

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