Social Work and Social Exclusion : the Idea of Practice.

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Social Work and Social Exclusion offers an original contribution to the understanding of social work and includes a reappraisal of some fundamental aspects of the profession and its practice. It explores a number of key aspects of social work including social work values and knowledge, empowerment,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sheppard, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2007.
Subjects:
Social service.
Marginality, Social.
Social Work
Service social.
Marginality, Social
Social service
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Social exclusion and social work; 3 Social work and social exclusion; 4 The nature of social work; 5 Knowledge and values, postmodernism and social work; 6 Need; 7 Authority and choice; 8 Empowerment; 9 Maintenance, social functioning and coping; 10 Interpretivism, reflection and social work as art; 11 Social work, science and technical instrumentalism; 12 Judgement and decision making: practical reasoning, process knowledge and critical thinking; 13 Social work intervention and human nature; 14 Conclusion: the discipline of social work.
  • BibliographyAuthor index; Subject index.

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