Social Work for Lazy Radicals

Relationship Building, Critical Thinking and Courage in Practice
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-352-00245-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

Be proud to be a lazy radical! This textbook makes the case for a radical approach to social work that can be embraced by everyone. It's an approach based on real empathy and an understanding of oppression, of managerialism, of the moral heart of social work, of humanism and of the effects of neoliberal hegemony. Jane Fenton provides a model of radical practice for students and social workers who are committed to ‘doing the right thing’, and who want to develop their own framework for practice.

This book will appeal to students who are activists, but want to frame their individual-level practice in a meaningful way, and to those who are non-activist and non-political but simply want to be good social workers. It will give a political and moral understanding of social work practice and lead to confident, value-based and enjoyable social work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fenton, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The ‘Ethical Impulse’ of Social Work.- Chapter 3: Managerialism, Regulation and Security.- Chapter 4: Radical social work step 1: Relationship Building and Empathy.- Chapter 5: Radical social work step 2: Understanding.- Chapter 6: Radical social work step 3: Professionalism and moral courage.- Chapter 7: Radical social work: Doing it.- Chapter 8: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Jane Fenton is a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee, UK.