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Exploring social work : an anthropological perspective /

This unique study of social work provides a bold and challenging view of the subject from an anthropological perspective. Combining research and personal reflection, it explores cultural and symbolic representations of social work, evolving identities of social work practitioners and the ways in whi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bell, Linda (Associate professor) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Introducing social work: who are social workers? Why do we need them?
  • 2. Getting involved: an anthropological and auto-ethnographic journey
  • 3. Time and change: UK social work and comparative European welfare policies since 1990
  • 4. Becoming: being admitted, educated and trained in social work
  • 5. Growing: experiencing social work education and socialisation
  • 6. Identifying
  • 7. Valuing and transgressing
  • 8. Relating and partnering: social workers, clients/service users and other professionals
  • 9. Knowing and evidencing: building a research base, mapping and modelling
  • 10. Organising: influences of the state, organisations and wider social policies
  • 11. Symbolising: cultural representations in theory and in practice
  • 12. Changing: the future
  • social work in wider society
  • Index
  • Back cover