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Exploring social work : an anthropological perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell, Linda (Associate professor) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Social service.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Introducing social work: who are social workers? Why do we need them?
  • 2. Getting involved: an anthropological and auto-ethnographic journey
  • 3. Time and change: UK social work and comparative European welfare policies since 1990
  • 4. Becoming: being admitted, educated and trained in social work
  • 5. Growing: experiencing social work education and socialisation
  • 6. Identifying
  • 7. Valuing and transgressing
  • 8. Relating and partnering: social workers, clients/service users and other professionals
  • 9. Knowing and evidencing: building a research base, mapping and modelling
  • 10. Organising: influences of the state, organisations and wider social policies
  • 11. Symbolising: cultural representations in theory and in practice
  • 12. Changing: the future
  • social work in wider society
  • Index
  • Back cover