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Praxis: Resources for Social and Economic Development is the home page of Professor Richard J. Estes of the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice (http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/praxis.html). Created in March 1995, the purpose of Praxis is “to promote positive social change through informed action” in the fields of national and international development. In pursuit of this goal, Praxis was designed to meet the informational needs of two audiences: (1) social work and social policy educators and policy-focused students with international interests and (2) other educators and students who require assistance in locating useful national and international resources on social and economic development. Since its creation, Praxis has been visited by several million users representing all disciplines and world regions. Very much a work in progress, Praxis contains links to the electronic...
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Estes, R. J. (1998). Informational tools for social workers. In C. S. Ramanathan & R. Link (Eds.), Innovations in global social work: All our futures. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks Cole.
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Estes, R.J. (2014). Praxis. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2235
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