Risk rationalities in contemporary social work policy and practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1247-1262

  Kemshall, Hazel ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

prudentialism; rational actor; Risk; situated actor; situated rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955226397     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp157     Document Type: Article

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