Multidimensional human behavior in the complex social environment; decolonizing theories for social work practice: Aguilar, Jemel P. & Counselman-Carpenter, E. (Eds). (2024). California: Cognella Academic Publishing, (344 pp., $94.61 (paperback), ISBN 9781793576866)
The book *Multidimensional Human Behavior in the Complex Social Environment; Decolonizing Theories for Social Work Practice*, edited by Jemel P. Aguilar and Elisabeth Counselman-Carpenter, critically examines human behavior through systems theory, critical social theories, and socio-political framew...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 367 - 373 |
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