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Author_Liz Jeffery
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- ISBN 9781847423306
- Dimensions: 172 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 23 Feb 2011
- Publisher: Policy Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Using student-friendly features such as case studies and a glossary, this textbook provides an introduction to the concept of agency and how it can usefully inform social welfare practice. It considers how agency and power inter-relate and how it can inform new ways of thinking about the individual and society.
Tracing the origins of agency and exploring the contributions of key thinkers from sociological and social policy perspectives, the book demonstrates a model of achievable change and in doing so represents an optimistic view on social work's potential to contribute to this.
It is essential reading for students and professionals training in social welfare, social work and education.
Liz Jeffery has had a long career in social work, working primarily with families and children, including young offenders, in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. She also worked as a guardian ad litem and taught on the social work course iat Leeds Metropolitan University. Most recently, she was employed as Strategic Officer at Leeds Children's Fund. Now happily retired, she continues her interest in children and young people through voluntary work.
