Social Work in a Risk Society
Social and Political Perspectives
Published on 24. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-333-96361-6 (ISBN)
Description
This path-breaking text constructs a new way of thinking about social work based on contemporary social theory. Working in a counter-tradition that is suspicious of a number of governing ideas and practices in social work, it draws on themes from Beck, Giddens, Rose to explore the impact of risk society and neo liberalism on social work.
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Edition
2006
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: 16 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-96361-6 (9780333963616)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-21442-2
Schweitzer Classification
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01/2006
Bloomsbury Academic
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01/2006
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€46.49
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Person
STEPHEN WEBB is Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Cultural and Community Studies, University of Sussex, UK.
Content
Preface.- Social Work, Risk Society and Modernity.- Risk, Regulation and Neo-Liberalism.- Security, Trust and Care Pathways.- Direct Work, Knowledge and Intervention.- Technologies of Care.- Management and Organization of Social Work.- The Practice of Value.- Bibliography.