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Social Working : An Ethnography of Front-line Practice /

In this unique work directed at social workers, Gerald A.J. de Montigny maintains that they, along with other professionals, create an `institutional' reality through their day-to-day practices. He traces the practical ways that social workers, when involved in child protection, struggle to pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: De Montigny, Gerald A. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Ideological practice
  • Constructing a professional standpoint
  • Professional discursive powers
  • Ad hoc science: constructing child abuse
  • Producing good sense
  • Producing reports
  • Child protection work
  • Producing a file
  • The report to the court
  • The hearing
  • Conclusion: dirty social work.