
The Haunt of Misery
Critical essays in social work and helping
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2023
Book
Hardback
201 pages
978-1-032-63369-5 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1989, The Haunt of Misery offers social workers and students critical essays for critical times. Faced with unreflective wealth creation and the fragmentation of the counterculture, social work is perceived as failing to meet the needs of the client. Many social workers are left feeling angry, stranded and confused. Written by academics and professionals, the essays range over social work and unemployment, the crisis of AIDS and HIV infection, drug use, client collectives, the elderly, the ethnic minorities, professionalism, and self-management. The authors offer constructive criticism of existing social work practice and suggest radical and exciting issues for the profession in the 1990s and beyond.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-63369-5 (9781032633695)
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Chris Rojek | Geraldine Peacock | Stewart Collins
The Haunt of Misery
Critical essays in social work and helping
Book
10/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
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Chris Rojek | Geraldine Peacock | Stewart Collins
The Haunt of Misery
Critical essays in social work and helping
E-Book
10/2023
1st Edition
Taylor & Francis
€39.49
Available for download

Chris Rojek | Geraldine Peacock | Stewart Collins
The Haunt of Misery
Critical essays in social work and helping
E-Book
10/2023
1st Edition
Taylor & Francis
€39.49
Available for download
Persons
Chris Rojek, Geraldine Peacock, and Stewart Collins
Content
List of Contributors Editors' note Introduction 1. Women and men without work 2. Finding the right response 3. 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' 4. Users fight back 5. The sound of silence 6. Social work with black people 7. Mental or experimental? Social workers, clients and psychiatry 8. Social work and self-management Name index Subject index