Doing committed social research: What are the dangers?

China Journal of Social Work

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-81

  Bernstein, Henry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

'social activism'; committed social research; contradiction; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875951478     PISSN: 17525098     EISSN: 17525101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2013.766136     Document Type: Article

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