Welfare, exclusion and political agency / / edited by Janet Batsleer and Beth Humphries

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.941
• Soggetto topico: Social work with people with social disabilities - Great Britain; Marginality, Social - Great Britain; Public welfare - Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BatsleerJanet HumphriesBeth <1940->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Welfare, Exclusion and Political Agency; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgement; 1 Welfare, exclusion and political agency; 2 From 'street arabs' to 'angels': working-class children,competence and citizenship, 1850-1914; 3 The colonization of the poor; 4 Outsiders within: the role of welfare in the internal control of immigration; 5 Clinical psychology in a cold climate: towards culturally appropriate services; 6 Resources for hope: social work and social exclusion ; 7 Critical professionals and reflective practice: the experience of women practitioners in health, welfare and education8 Socio-economic factors: a neglected dimension in harm to children; 9 School exclusion: alienation and the dilemmas for formal and informal educators; 10 Sparring partners: conflicts in the expression and treatment of self-harm; 11 Three prisoners' stories: talking back through autobiography; 12 In or out?: how lesbians negotiate and experience coming out; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Welfare, Exclusion and Politcal Agency develops key topics in social work and social policy relating to exclusion, social divisions and control in welfare. It provides theoretical tools for students, academics and professionals whose work involves them in supporting the political agency of excluded groups. At a time when there have been profound shifts in the organization of welfare and the underpinning theories of the associated professions, the book tackles issues such as: *the move away from publicly funded welfare *the loss of a public service ethic *reduction of i
• Titolo autorizzato: Welfare, exclusion and political agency
• ISBN: 1-134-64684-4; 1-280-24364-3; 9786610243648; 0-203-97858-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450156903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: State of welfare.