Radical Social Work Today
Published in September 1989
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-0-04-445368-0 (ISBN)
Description
This reader, bringing together articles by social work practitioners and academics, examines the implications of the changes for radical strategies in social work, put forward in the '60s and '70s, implied by growing poverty and the austere social policies of the New Right in the 1980s. The contributors address issues such as racism and social work, unemployment and health care, privatization, patch systems of social work and work with the old. The book reaffirms the importance of feminist perspectives in radical social work, and reconsiders the difficulties of radical practice in probation work, community work and residential care.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
555 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-04-445368-0 (9780044453680)
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Content
Whatever happened to radical social work?, Mary Langan and Phil Lee; what's happening in social service departments?, Nick Frost and Mike Stein; social work and unemployment, Geoffrey Pearson; changing perspectives - feminism, gender and social work, Annie Hudson; decentralization and the personal social services, Suzy Croft and Peter Beresford; violence, social work and the emergence of dangerousness, Nigel Parton and Neil Small; unemployment, cod's head soup and radical social work, Jennie Popay and Yvonne Dhooge; "and for those of us who are black?" - black politics in social work, Michael Hutchinson-Reis; "it's up to you sisters" - black women and radical social work, Naseem Shah; challenging dependency - towards a new social work with older people, Chris Phillipson; health issues, social services and democracy - steps towards a radical reintegration, Mike Simpkin; residential care - what hope for the future?, Bruce Senior; community work in recession - a practitioner's perspective, Ian Smith; towards a black perspective in social work - a transcultural exploration, John Small; radical probation - surviving in a hostile climate, Paul Senior.