Social Work and the Community
A Critical Context for Practice
Published on 15. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-4039-9126-3 (ISBN)
Description
How important is the notion of community to skilled social work? This book explores how the concept relates to policy, theory and professional practice. With analysis of contemporary social problems throughout a variety of community settings, this book demonstrates how important community-based approaches are to all social workers today.
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Edition
2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-9126-3 (9781403991263)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-08834-5
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
07/2008
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€42.99
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Persons
KEITH POPPLE is Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University, UK, and author of Analysing Community Work (Open University Press, 1995) as well as co-editor of two other books. He is a member of the editorial board of the quarterly international journal, Community Development Journal, for which he was editor from 1998 to 2003.
PAUL STEPNEY is Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Wolverhampton, UK and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is co-editor of Social Work Models, Methods and Theories: A Framework for Practice (Russell House Publishing, 2000).
PAUL STEPNEY is Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Wolverhampton, UK and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is co-editor of Social Work Models, Methods and Theories: A Framework for Practice (Russell House Publishing, 2000).
Content
PART 1: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY.- Introduction: The Idea of Community.- Theories of Community: The Contribution of Community Studies.- Rethinking Community: Globalisation, neo-liberalism and Inequality.- PART 2: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL POLICY.- Community as an Organising Focus for Social Policy.- Community Care: Promoting a needs-led and empowering service or using the market to contain costs?.- Remaking Community: Communitarianism and New Labour's 'Third Way' Project to Modernise the Welfare State.- PART 3: THEORY TO PRACTICE.- The Theory and Practice of Community Social Work.- Community Work and Community Action.- Future Possibilities for Community-Based Social Work in an International Context.