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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rogowski, Steve (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2010.
Temas:
Social service > Vocational guidance.
Social service > Philosophy.
Social service > Great Britain.
Social workers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain.
Service social > Orientation professionnelle.
Service social > Philosophie.
Service social > Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Social service.
Social workers > Legal status, laws, etc.
Socialt arbete.
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The rise and fall of social work?
  • The beginnings of social work to its 1970s zenith
  • Thatcherism : challenges and opportunities
  • New Labour : new challenges and (fewer) opportunities
  • The professionalisation of social work?
  • Managerialism and the social work business
  • Conclusion : The changing face, or the fall of social work?

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