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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456273303321

Autore

Jordan Bill <1941->

Titolo

Social work and the third way [[electronic resource] ] : tough love as social policy / / Bill Jordan with Charlie Jordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2000

ISBN

1-85702-226-2

0-7619-6721-4

1-282-55946-X

9786612559464

0-85702-226-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JordanCharlie

Disciplina

361.3/0941

Soggetti

Social service - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain Social policy

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. [221]-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction: The Central Themes of the Book; Part I; 1 - The Dog that Didn't Bark; 2 - Values, Morals and Emotions: The Shifting Ethical Foundations of Social Work; 3 - Reasons, Motives and Evidence: The Theoretical Basis of the Third Way and Social Work; Part II; 4 - The Third Way in Local Authority Social Services: Modernization and Management; 5 - Capacities and Empowerment: The Contradictions of the Third Way over Exclusions and Disabilities; 6 - Social Work and Street Credibility; Part III; 7 - Social Work and Economic Activity

8 - The Public Authority: Social Work and the State9 - Front-Line Practice; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The UK Labour government is committed to a welfare state where claimants are to become independant and take active participation. This text is an anlysis of New Labour's programme and the problems of implementing that programme.