Social work, individualization and life politics
The British Journal of Social WorkPublished 1 February 2001
Harry Ferguson
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Journal Article Social work, individualization and life politics Get access H Ferguson H Ferguson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 1, February 2001, Pages 41–55, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/31.1.41 Published: 01 February 2001
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