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Social work : the rise and fall of a profession? /
"Social work, once the rising star of the human-service-delivery professions, has increasingly come under attack from politicians and the media, often following child-abuse tragedies and particularly after the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979. Subsequently, private-sector managerialism was...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Social work, once the rising star of the human-service-delivery professions, has increasingly come under attack from politicians and the media, often following child-abuse tragedies and particularly after the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979. Subsequently, private-sector managerialism was introduced both to control what social workers do and how they do it, as well as to reduce public expenditure. They had to cope with increased bureaucracy and were given stringent targets aimed at rationing resources, leading to deprofessionalisation, with organisations', rather than users', needs now dominating. This book charts social work's development over the last 150 years from a critical perspective, pinpointing the present neo-liberal consensus as being at the root of the profession's current crisis. Notwithstanding the difficulties involved, it calls for a progressive, radical/critical practice based on social justice and social change."-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 216 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847420794 1847420796 9781447303527 1447303520 9781447300717 1447300718 |