Shame and Social Work

Theory, Reflexivity and Practice
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4408-7
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 342 g

For many service users and professionals in the field of social work, shame is an ongoing part of their daily experience.

Providing an in-depth examination of the complex phenomena of shame and humiliation, this book sets out key contextual issues and theoretical approaches to comprehend shame and its relevance within social work. It provides a broad understanding of shame, its underlying social and political contexts and its effects on service users and professionals.

The book uses innovative international scholarship and includes theoretical considerations, as well as empirical findings within the field of social work. It shows the importance of sensitive, reflective and relationship-oriented practice based on a better understanding of the complexity of shame.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frost, Liz

Magyar-Haas, Veronika

Schoneville, Holger

Sicora, Alessandro

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hardy, Mark

Gibson, Matthew

Schroeder, Carsten

Lorenz, Friederike

Demant, Marie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: The Concept of Shame from Different Perspectives

Making Sense of Shame Theory: A Possible Psychosocial Structure ~ Elisabeth Frost

The sociology of shame ~ Sighard Neckel

Shame as an Anthropological and Historical and Social Emotion ~ Veronika Magyar-Haas

Part Two: Shame and Service Users

Poverty as an Attack on Subjectivity: The Case of Shame, A Social Work Perspective ~ Holger Schoneville

Interactions of Shame: Violence against Children and Residential Care ~ Marie Demant and Friederike Lorenz

Emotional Labour in Social Work Practice and the Production of Shame in Service Users’ ~ Carsten Schröder

Part Three: Shame and Social Workers

Shame Regulation as Organisational Control: Evoking, Containing, and Diverting Shame to Create Compliance ~ Matthew Gibson

Claim, Blame, Shame: How Risk Undermines Authenticity in Social Work ~ Mark Hardy

Shame, Mistakes and Reflective Practice in Social Work ~ Alessandro Sicora

Über Autor(innen)

Frost, Liz
Elizabeth Frost is an Associate Professor at the University of the West of England, UK.

Sicora, Alessandro
Alessandro Sicora is Lecturer of Social Work (Methods and techniques) at the University of Calabria and the University Ca'Foscari in Venice and undertakes research on reflective practice and comparative social policy.

Gibson, Matthew
Matthew Gibson is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Birmingham.

Magyar-Haas, Veronika
Veronika Magyar-Haas is Professor in Educational Science, University of Freiburg, Switzerland.

Schoneville, Holger
Holger Schoneville is a Senior Lecturer in social work at Dortmund University, Germany

Liz Frost is Associate Professor at the University of the West of England.

Veronika Magyar-Haas is Professor in Educational Science at the University of Fribourg.

Holger Schoneville is Senior Lecturer in social work at Dortmund University.

Alessandro Sicora is Associate Professor and teaches social work at the University of Trento.