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Amanda Grenier
anti-racist practice
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Child Welfare Practice
Child Welfare Settings
Child Welfare Workers
Critical Reflection Process
critical social theory
Critical Social Workers
Determinate Judgment
Direct Social Work Practices
Dominant Society Institutions
emancipatory social work approaches
English Speaking Countries
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feminist social work
Gabrielle Meagher
Inuit Approach
Inuit Students
Jan Fook
Kamal Fahmi
Karen Healy
Laura Mastronardi
Michele Gnanamuttu
Mixed Family Backgrounds
Neo Conservatism
Nigel Parton
Older Women's Accounts
Older Women's Stories
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Par Process
postmodern social policy
professionalisation in social services
Public Welfare Agencies
Reflective Practice
Reflexive Judgment
Sara Collings
Social Service Workers
Social Work
Social Work Documents
Social Work Practice
Street Kids
welfare state restructuring
Product details
- ISBN 9780754638834
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A striking new feature of the welfare systems in many Western countries is the extent to which market relations have permeated social services. Conceptions of 'risk management' now dominate the way parents and children are responded to, while new technologies aim to 'measure' their relationship with state service providers. Bureaucratic control is increasing, while resources are reduced. These factors have led to the demise of the traditional role of the social worker as one who engages with the client in a supportive encounter. Professional competence within social work is increasingly tied to 'mastering' scientific knowledge and new technical skills. The result of collaboration between authors from Canada, Britain and Australia, Social Work in a Corporate Era offers a critical overview of these developments and their implications. It provides a re-evaluation of the assumptions and practices of the critical social work tradition and explores the possibility of rebuilding an 'emancipatory' social work. The authors aim to disentangle the debate between Marxism, feminism and anti-racism, in the context of both postmodern challenges and the corporate restructuring of the welfare state. Calling for the development of a new politics of social work practice, this book addresses many of the urgent issues facing welfare state practitioners in health and social services today.
Linda Davies is Associate Professor and Peter Leonard is Professor at the School of Social Work, McGill University, Canada.
