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Social work, politics and society : From radicalism to orthodoxy /
Kenneth G. McLaughlin highlights the need for a new approach to social work that has a more optimistic view of both individuals and society, and of their capacity to overcome problems.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Social work, politics and society; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Understandings of and developments within social work; 2. Politicising social work; 3. 'Depoliticising' social work; 4. Agency, pathology and abuse; 5. The politics of risk and mental health; 6. The subject of stress; 7. From at risk to a risk: regulating social work; 8. Politics and social work; References; Index.