Linguistic affinity and achieved geographic mobility: evidence from the recognition of non-national social work qualifications in Ireland and the UKFootnote1

This text is an enlarged and adapted version of a paper with the same title which was presented at the IFSW–EASSW–FESET European Seminar in Copenhagen, 29 May 2003.

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