Social Working - An Ethnography of Front-line Practice

de Montigny uses the tension between his experience of growing up 'working class' and the difficult process of becoming a social worker to explore the practical activities professionals use to secure organizational power and authority over clients.

List of contents

Preface / Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
2. Ideological Practice
4. Constructing a Professional Standpoint
5. Professional Discursive Powers
6. Ad Hoc Science: Constructing Child Abuse
7. Producing Good Sense
8. Producing Reports
9. Child Protection Work
10. Producing a File
11. The Report Goes to Court
12. The Hearing
13. Conclusion: Dirty Social Work

Notes / References / Index

About the author

By Gerald A.J. de Montigny

Summary

de Montigny uses the tension between his experience of growing up 'working class' and the difficult process of becoming a social worker to explore the practical activities professionals use to secure organizational power and authority over clients.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald de Montigny, Gerald A J de Montigny, Gerald A. J. De Montigny, Gerald A. J. de Montigny, Gerald A.J. de Montigny, Gerald A.J.De Montigny
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802077264
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7726-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Series: Heritage; HERITAGE
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories