Social Work and the Community
A Critical Context for Practice
Author(s):Palgrave
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Paperback - 9781403991263
15 August 2008
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15 July 2008
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How important is the notion of community to skilled social work? This book explores how the concept relates to policy, theory and professional practice. With analysis of contemporary social problems throughout a variety of...
Show MoreHow important is the notion of community to skilled social work? This book explores how the concept relates to policy, theory and professional practice. With analysis of contemporary social problems throughout a variety of community settings, this book demonstrates how important community-based approaches are to all social workers today.
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Supports and develops an understanding of how important community-based approaches are to social work
Provides a range of tried and tested teaching and learning approaches and techniques for a wide range of disciplines
Includes activities, exercises, tasks, and questioning tools?
PART 1: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY
Introduction: The Idea of Community
Theories of Community: The Contribution of Community Studies
Rethinking Community: Globalisation, neo-liberalism and Inequality
PART 2: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL POLICY
Community as an Organising Focus for Social Policy
Community Care: Promoting a needs-led and empowering service or using the market to contain costs?
Remaking Community: Communitarianism and New Labour's 'Third Way' Project to Modernise the Welfare State
PART 3: THEORY TO PRACTICE
The Theory and Practice of Community Social Work
Community Work and Community Action
Future Possibilities for Community-Based Social Work in an International Context.