Social Working : An Ethnography of Front-line Practice /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Montigny, Gerald A. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social workers.
Social case work with children.
Social case work.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
social workers.
Service social personnel aux enfants.
Service social personnel.
Travailleurs sociaux.
Service social > Orientation professionnelle.
Service social.
Social Work
Social service > Vocational guidance.
Social service.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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