Social Work

The Rise and Fall of a Profession?
2. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5314-0
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

Rogowski’s second edition of this bestselling textbook responds to the major changes to social work practice since the first edition was published. It is fully revised and updated to include new material that is essential for students and practising social workers today.

Taking a critical perspective, Rogowski evaluates social work’s development, nature and rationale over approximately 150 years. He explores how neoliberalism is at the core of the profession’s crisis and calls for progressive, critical and radical changes to social work policy and practices based on social justice and social change.

This new edition is substantially updated to explore:

• the impact of austerity policies since 2010;

• failures to realise the progressive possibilities which followed the death of ‘Baby P’;

• contemporary examples of critical and radical practice.

It also includes a range of student-friendly features including chapter summaries, key learning and discussion points, and further reading.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rogowski, Steve

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ~ Ray Jones

Introduction: The rise and fall of social work?

The beginnings of social work to its 1970s zenith

Thatcherism and the rise of neoliberalism: opportunities and challenges

New Labour, more neoliberalism: new challenges and (fewer) opportunities

The professionalisation of social work?

Managerialism and the social work business

Neoliberalism, austerity and social Work

Conclusion: Critical/radical possibilities in ongoing neoliberal times

Author's note

Über Autor(innen)

Steve Rogowski has practised as a social worker across five decades, predominantly with children and families. He remains a qualified and registered social worker and an independent scholar.