From Menzies Lyth to Munro: The problem of managerialism

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 542-558

  Lees, Amanda ^a   Meyer, Edgar ^a   Rafferty, Jackie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Containment; Defences; Managerialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877257896     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr183     Document Type: Article

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