A Social Constructionist Approach to Theorizing Child Welfare: Considering Attachment Theory and Ways to Reconstruct Practice

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 131-149

  Solomon, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Child welfare; Deconstruction; Postmodernism; Practice; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011514493     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J067v22n01_09     Document Type: Article

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