Social Work in a Risk Society by Stephen A Webb

Social Work in a Risk Society by Stephen A Webb

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This path-breaking text constructs a new way of thinking about social work based on contemporary social theory. Working in a counter-tradition that is suspicious of a number of governing ideas and practices in social work, it draws on themes from Beck, Giddens, Rose to explore the impact of risk society and neo liberalism on social work.

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Social Work in a Risk Society by Stephen A Webb

This path-breaking text constructs a new way of thinking about social work based on contemporary social theory. Working in a counter-tradition that is suspicious of a number of governing ideas and practices in social work, it draws on themes from Beck, Giddens, Rose to explore the impact of risk society and neo liberalism on social work.
STEPHEN WEBB is Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Cultural and Community Studies, University of Sussex, UK.
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ISBN 13 9780333963616
ISBN 10 033396361X
Title Social Work in a Risk Society
Author Stephen A Webb
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2006-01-24
Number of pages 288
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