Students' Involvement in International Humanitarian Aid: Learning from Student Responses to the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1905-1922

  Vickers, Tom ^a   Dominelli, Lena ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humanitarian aid; internationalising practices; student exchanges

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942346011     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcu052     Document Type: Article

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