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This, in part, is why small group theory, social psychology and group dynamics have so little to contribute to the practice and theory of social groupwork ... [They have] ... never come to grips with the empirical gestalt composed of a social group-worker mindful of certain values (those of the agency) and a collection of individuals who are in a special relationship with the worker and with whom the worker is trying to form a group. (Rosenthal, 1973, p. 60)
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Douglas, T. (1993). Introduction. In: A Theory of Groupwork Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22601-6_1
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