A Poetics of Social Work : Personal Agency and Social Transformation in Canada, 1920-1939 /

In A Poetics of Social Work, Ken Moffatt considers the epistemological influences in the field of Canadian social work and social welfare from 1920 to 1939. Here, modernist constructs of knowledge are explored through the analysis of the thought of leading social welfare practitioners, namely Doroth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Moffatt, Ken (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Temas:
Social service > Canada > Philosophy > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Contested Concepts of Social Service and Social Change
  • 2. Social Work Practice Informed by Philosophy: The Social Thought of Edward Johns Urwick
  • 3. Dorothy Livesay's Politics of Engagement
  • 4. Social Science in a Secular Society: The Thought of Carl Addington Dawson
  • 5. A Scientific and Philanthropic Christian Community: The Philosophy of Charlotte Whitton
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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