(Re) assembling the left: The politics of redistribution and recognition in social work

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2364-2379

  Webb, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical social work; Ethics of recognition; Politics of redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651311306     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcq070     Document Type: Article

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