Transforming Society?
Social Work and Sociology
Policy Press
Published on 19. April 2007
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-86134-742-8 (ISBN)
Description
Society is undergoing change, and, as a result, social welfare services - including social work - are being transformed. This book explores the sociological basis of contemporary society and shows how social workers experience tensions and contradictions in practice. The book uses case studies and self directed activities to enable students to relate sociology to daily lives. It explores key themes in turn, examining their relevance for social work and how they can be applied to practice, particularly in areas such as children and families, mental health, disability and older people. Relevant and accessible, the authors explore aspects of class, ethnicity and gender and conclude with suggestions of how sociology can inform practice and enable social work to engage with processes of transformation. The book provides essential material for students of social work and social care, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It will also be relevance to social policy and sociology undergraduates.
Reviews / Votes
"This book confidently places sociology at the heart of social work pedagogy. It also imaginatively explores ways forward in the development of a more enlightened and radical practice. Academics will be much encouraged if students have this text in their bibliographies, and students will have some defence against the widespread propensity for the poor to be blamed for their own poverty." Martin Thomas, Former Head of the Institute of Social Work and Applied Social Studies, Staffordshire UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 172 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86134-742-8 (9781861347428)
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Persons
Vicky Price is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton. A former social worker, she has been a member of the Downs Syndrome Association for 22 years. Graeme Simpson is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, after spending 18 years in child care practice.
Content
Introduction; Part one: Social exclusion; 'the poor'; and social work: Social exclusion and poverty; Social work's enduring tensions; Part two: Production: Theories of work and society; Chapter 4; Part three: Reproduction: Theoretical concepts: family, gender and discourse; Social work and reproduction: regulation and family life; Part four: Consumption: New forms of relations and inequality?; Social work: the power of consumption and the creation of customers; Part five: Community: A changing landscape: theoretical approaches to 'community'; Chapter 10; Part six: Transforming society: social work and sociology: Using sociology to inform practice; Contradictions and change?.