Social Theory, Social Change and Social Work Contributor(s): Parton, Nigel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415126975 ISBN-13: 9780415126977 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $247.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: Social work is currently experiencing an important period of change--in its priorities, organization and day-to-day practices. Increasingly, notions of care management, monitoring and evaluation and inter-agency coordination have become more dominant, requiring new skills and new forms of knowledge to the extent that the image of the generic social worker working in the unified agency and drawing upon casework, informed by particular forms of psychology and displaying particular skills in human relationships, seems outmoded. "Social Theory," "Social Change and Social Work" has two inter-related themes. First to account for and analyze current changes in social work and secondly, to assess how much recent developments in social theory can contribute to their interpretation. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Social Work - Medical | Allied Health Services - General |
Dewey: 361.941 |
LCCN: 95031962 |
Lexile Measure: 1460 |
Series: Unu/Intech Studies in New Technology and Development, |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.03 lbs) 248 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Social Theory, Social Change and Social Work has two inter-related themes. First to account for and analyse current changes in social work and secondly, to assess how far recent developments in social theory can contribute to their interpretation. Representing the work of a range of academics all involved in research and teaching in relation to social work, it considers issues of central significance to everyone interested in the theory, policy, and practice of social work. |