Adult social care

An historical overview of adult social care that locates the roots of the current crisis in the under-valuing of older people and adults with disabilities and in the marketisation of social care over the past two decades.

About the author

Iain Ferguson is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of the West of Scotland. He is a founder member of the Social Work Action Network. Michael Lavalette is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at Liverpool Hope University, national coordinator of the Social Work Action Network. Iain and Michael are joint editors of the journal Critical and Radical Social Work.

Product details

• Assisted by: Iain Ferguson (Editor), Michael Lavalette (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2014
• EAN: 9781447316169
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-1616-9
• No. of pages: 100
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 117 g
• Series: Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work; Critical and Radical Debates i
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system