Utopian Thinking and Social Work

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-47063-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Social Work

This book highlights the importance of employing imaginative sensibilities to thinking and action in social work and social policy practice.
Exploring the question of how ideas about utopia and utopian method can be used in social work practice and policy practice to address social inequalities, it shows that central to this critique is the argument that contemporary social policy responses and subsequent social work interventions to a range of policy problems (e.g. homelessness, poverty, family violence) need to acknowledge the failure of dominant neoliberal discourses in addressing these issues. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and, in many ways, exacerbated existing inequalities, and the post-pandemic future provides opportunities to put utopian ideas into action.
Showing how utopian thinking can challenge fundamental assumptions regarding welfare dependency and unitary identities in policy settings, this book will be of interest to all scholars, students and professionals working in social work and social policy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horsell, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0. Introduction: Utopian Thinking and Social Work. 1.History and Meaning of Utopia. 2.Utopian Thinking, Social Work and Social Policy. 3.Utopia, Social Change and Literature: Bridging the Science/ Literature Divide in Social Work and Social Policy. 4.Utopian Thinking and Social Work Education. 5.Utopian Thinking in Social Work and Policy Research. 6.Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Horsell (PhD) is a lecturer in social work and social policy at the University of South Australia, Australia.