Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
ISBN: 978-1-041-40533-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
In the 1960s and 1970s, the radical social work movement advanced a wide-ranging critique of conventional theory and practice, which had a major impact on all those involved in the emerging profession of social work. In the 1980s, unemployment, growing poverty, and the austere social policies of the new right transformed the context of social work. First published in 1989, Radical Social Work Today examines the implications of these changes for the theories and methods of radical social work and asks: what are the essential elements of a radical strategy for the 1990s?
The contributors address issues which received little attention in the early radical social work texts, including racism and social work, unemployment and health care, privatization, patch systems of social work, and work with older people. The book also reaffirms the importance of feminist perspectives in radical social work and reconsiders the difficulties of radical practice in probation work, community work, and residential care.
The strong practical emphasis of the book makes it an ideal text for students and social workers who want to know what radical strategies really involve.
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1. Whatever happened to radical social work? 2. What’s happening in social services departments? 3. Social work and unemployment 4. Changing perspectives: feminism, gender and social work 5. Decentralization and the personal social services 6. Violence, social work and the emergence of dangerousness 7. Unemployment, cod’s head soup and radical social work 8. ‘And for those of us who are black?’ Black politics in social work 9. It’s up to you sisters: black women and radical social work 10. Challenging dependency: towards a new social work with older people 11. Health issues, social services and democracy: steps towards a radical reintegration 12. Residential care: what hope for the future? 13. Community work in recession: a practitioner’s perspective 14. Towards a black perspective in social work: a transcultural exploration 15. Radical probation: surviving in a hostile climate
