Social Policy for Social Work: Placing Social Work in its Wider Context - Softcover

Green, Lorraine; Clarke, Karen

 
9780745660837: Social Policy for Social Work: Placing Social Work in its Wider Context
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0745660835 ISBN 13: 9780745660837
Verlag: Polity, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an understanding is increasingly important as social workers are expected to work across institutional, professional and even national boundaries in new ways profoundly affected by the changing global context. This insightful book examines how shifts in the dominant political ideology have affected the nature of welfare provision, the kinds of social problems addressed by policy, and the balance of responsibilities for well-being between individuals, the family, voluntary organizations, the market and the state. It explains the impact of these developments on the organization of social work and on relationships between social workers and service users. The book discusses contested concepts central to social work – such as justice, liberty, equality, difference, need and risk – and illustrates these through a range of examples. The critical analysis provided in this book offers students of social work a crucial foundation for negotiating difficult and sensitive practice situations and defending their profession, providing them with the tools and knowledge to uphold key professional values.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lorraine Green is Assistant Professor in Social Work at the University of Nottingham
 
Karen Clarke is an Honorary Research Fellow and former Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Manchester

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Verlag
Polity
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0745660835
ISBN 13 
9780745660837
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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