Politics of Social Work

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Postmodernity
The End of Social Work?
Victorian Origins, Active Citizenship and Voluntarism
Fabianism, Welfare State and Reformist Practice
Radical Social Work and Radical Doubt
Poverty, Social Exclusion and Inclusive Practice
Civil Society, Citizenship and User Participation
Multiculturalism, Feminism and Anti-Oppressive Practice
Futurescapes

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Fred Powell, B.Sc(Soc), M.A., M.Soc.Sc., Ph.D, has been Professor of Social Policy and Head of the School of Applied Social Studies at University College, Cork, since 1990. In 2008 he was appointed Dean of Social Science at UCC. Born in Dublin, he holds degrees from Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh and University College Dublin. Previously he lectured at the University of Ulster. He has been an Instructor on the Extension Programme of the University of California, San Diego, and has lectured in the UK, Italy, Portugal and France. He is chair of the Board of the M.Plan in UCC, Principal Investigator and Chair of the PRTLI4-funded Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century (ISS21) at UCC and has recently been appointed Chair of the MBS in Asian Business, a joint venture between UCC, NTU Singapore and the Farmleigh Fellowship.

Zusammenfassung

The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work at the beginning of the 21st century. It locates social work within wider political and theoretical debates and deals with important issues currently facing social workers and the organisations in which they work.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Fred Powell, Fred W Powell, Fred W W Powell, Fred W. Powell, Frederick W. Powell
• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.03.2001
• EAN: 9780761964117
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-6411-7
• Seiten: 192
• Serien: Sage Politics Texts; Sage Politics Texts
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, 21st Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social Work, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social Policy;Social Work Practice