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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

By Gerald A.J. de Montigny

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: 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
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802077264
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7726-4
• Pagine: 294
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 228 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 435 g
• Serie: Heritage; HERITAGE
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale