The politics of social work /
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| Author / Creator: | Powell, Frederick W. |
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| Imprint: | London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2001. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SAGE Politics Texts Sage politics texts. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185207 |
| Summary: | `Fred Powell argues for social work as civic engagement, promoting inclusion and justice through dialogue and trust. His book is an impressive combination of deep scholarship and fresh, up-to-date analysis of current issues′- Bill Jordan, University of Exeter<br> <br> <p>`An illuminating discussion of the influence of postmodern trends on the practice of social work that also offers a bracing guide for the future of the profession. Social work practice, Powell argues, needs to be anchored in a commitment to an inclusive idea of citizenship, and especially the inclusion of the most vulnerable citizens′- Francis Fox-Piven, City University of New York </p> <p>`[T]his is an extraordinarily useful book for studies of social policy, especially in its presentation of a condensed history of social work′s relationship to social policy... The book is well documented, well written and challenging. It stimulates more thought than is common in professional literature′ - International Social Work </p> <p>The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work at the beginning of the 21st Century. It locates social work within wider political and theoretical debates and deals with important issues currently facing social workers and the organisations in which they work. By setting the current crisis of identity social workers are experiencing in international context, Fred Powell analyses the choices facing social work in postmodern society.</p> <p>Fred Powell explores in this text contemporary and historical paradigms of social work from its Victorian origins to the development of reformist practice in the welfare state to radical social work, responses to social exclusion, the rennaissance of civil society, multiculturalism, feminism and anti-oppressive practice. In conclusion the he examines the options facing social work in the 21st century and argues for a civic model of social work based on the pursuit of social justice in an inclusive society.</p> <p>The Politics of Social Work will be essential reading for students on qualifying and post-qualifying social work courses, as well as courses in sociology, social policy, social administration and politics.</p> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-175) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847871558 1847871550 0761964118 9780761964117 0761964126 9780761964124 1281240516 9781281240514 9781446219294 1446219291 9786611240516 6611240519 |