Format:
1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
ISBN:
9781350482937
Content:
Taking account of the political, economic and cultural changes that have impacted on social work over recent years, this book explores the challenges and presents the realities of practice. Using an international range of examples, McDonald makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the character and purpose of social work
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Acknowledgements PART ONE Preface to Part One The Professional Project in the Context of Change Modernity, Social Work and the Welfare State Challenging Social Work: The Economics of Change Challenging Social Work: The Politics of Change Challenging Social Work: The Ideas of Change Reconstructing Practitioners Reconstructing Service Users PART TWO Preface to Part Two Entrepreneurial Social Work Evidence-Based Practice Critical Practice Global Social Work Thinking Our Way Forward Bibliography.
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Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part 1. The Context of Change; Preface to Part 1; 1. The Professional Project in the Context of Change; 2. Modernity, Social Work and the Welfare State; 3. Challenging Social Work: The Economics of Change; 4. Challenging Social Work: The Politics of Change; 5. Challenging Social Work: The Ideas of Change; 6. Re-constructing Practitioners; 7. Re-constructing Service Users; Part 2. Options for Social Work; Preface to Part 2; 8. Entrepreneurial Social Work; 9. Evidence-Based Practice; 10. Critical Practice; 11. Global Social Work.
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12. Thinking Our Way ForwardBibliography; Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230505490
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350313781
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403935458
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe McDonald, Catherine Challenging Social Work : The Institutional Context of Practice Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2014 ISBN 9781403935458
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-230-50549-0
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