Beyond homo economicus: Recognition, self-realization and social work

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 841-857

  Houston, Stan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individualization; Personalization; Recognition; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953835835     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn132     Document Type: Article

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