Social Work and the Third Way - Tough Love As Social Policy

Informationen zum Autor Bill Jordan is Reader in Social Studies at Exeter University and Professor in Social Policy at Huddersfield University. He has written extensively in politics and social policy, including most recently A Theory of Poverty and Social Exclusion (1996). Klappentext `This lively book critiques New Labour assumptions and implementation of policies related to citizenship, communities and welfare reform and the implications of current developments for social work. Focusing explicitly on the UK, the book nevertheless draws on examples and comparisions from other countries (including notably Australia and the US, but also countries in the EU and Central and Eastern Europe), and some of the concerns and arguments will be appreciated by readers elsewhere' - International Social Work Inhaltsverzeichnis The Dog That Didn¿t Bark Values, Morals and Emotions The Shifting Ethical Foundations of Social Work Reasons, Motives and Evidence The Theoretical Basis of the Third Way and Social Work The Third Way in Local Authority Social Services Modernization and Management Capacities and Empowerment The Contradictions of the Third Way over Exclusions and Disabilities Social Work and Street Credibility Social Work and Economic Activity The Public Authority Social Work and the State Front-Line Practice

Product details

• Authors: Bill Jordan, Charlie Jordan, Jordan Bill
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2000
• EAN: 9780761967217
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-6721-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Social Work, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Social Policy;Social Work Practice