Social work with children and families: Challenges and possibilities in the neo-liberal world

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 921-940

  Rogowski, Steve ^a  

^a Prospect House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children and families; deprofessionalisation; managerialism; neo liberalism; radical critical practice; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864759648     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr129     Document Type: Article

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