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Challenging Social Work Catherine McDonald

Challenging Social Work By Catherine McDonald

Challenging Social Work by Catherine McDonald

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Taking account of the political, economic and cultural changes that have impacted on social work over recent years, this book explores the challenges and presents the realities of practice. Using an international range of examples, McDonald makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the character and purpose of social work.

Challenging Social Work Summary

Challenging Social Work: The Institutional Context of Practice by Catherine McDonald

Taking account of the political, economic and cultural changes that have impacted on social work over recent years, this book explores the challenges and presents the realities of practice. Using an international range of examples, McDonald makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the character and purpose of social work.

Challenging Social Work Reviews

'[S]trongly recommend[ed]...to professors who want to maintain global literacy for themselves and their students. Every academic program should take steps to ensure that their library adopts McDonald's fine work.' - Ethics and Social Welfare '...an interesting, thought-provoking read that is clearly of relevance in the current changing environment for social work practice.' Janet Gadsby, Professinal Social Work

About Catherine McDonald

CATHERINE MCDONALD is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia. She has published widely on social work and social policy and has a particular interest in the impact of welfare reform on social work.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- PART ONE.- Preface to Part One.- The Professional Project in the Context of Change.- Modernity, Social Work and the Welfare State.- Challenging Social Work: The Economics of Change.- Challenging Social Work: The Politics of Change.- Challenging Social Work: The Ideas of Change.- Reconstructing Practitioners.- Reconstructing Service Users.- PART TWO.- Preface to Part Two.- Entrepreneurial Social Work.- Evidence-Based Practice.- Critical Practice.- Global Social Work.- Thinking Our Way Forward.- Bibliography.

Additional information

GOR007775274
9781403935458
1403935459
Challenging Social Work: The Institutional Context of Practice by Catherine McDonald
Catherine McDonald
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Macmillan Education UK
2006-06-23
256
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