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The Myth of Global Social Work: Double Standards and the Local-Global Divide

Mel Gray Institute of Advanced Study for Humanity at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stephen A. Webb Institute of Advanced Study for Humanity at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; University of Sussex,
Pages 61-66 | Published online: 07 Sep 2008

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