How white is social work in Australia?

Australian Social Work

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-19

  Walter, Maggie ^a   Taylor, Sandra ^a   Habibis, Daphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitus; Indigenous; Racism; Social work education; Social work theory; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951973726     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2010.510892     Document Type: Article

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