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Record Nr.

UNINA9910305549203321

Titolo

Social theory, social change and social work / / edited by Nigel Parton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-79922-5

1-280-32098-2

0-203-43351-3

1-134-79923-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

The state of welfare

Altri autori (Persone)

PartonNigel

Disciplina

361.941

Soggetti

Social service - Great Britain

Social service - Great Britain - Methodology

Social change - Great Britain

Public welfare administration - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-229) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editor's preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Social theory, social change and social work: an introduction; Social work through the looking glass; After social work?; Postmodernism, feminism and the question of difference; Surface and depth in social-work practice; Social work, risk and 'the blaming system'; Telling tales: probation in the contemporary social formation; The future of social work with older people in a changing world; Social work with children and families: from child welfare to child protection

Regulation for radicals: the state, CCETSW and the academyAnti-intellectualism and the peculiarities of British social work education; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Analyzes the current changes in social work and assesses how far recent developments in social theory can contribute to their interpretation. Considers issues of central significance to all interested in social work theory, policy, practice