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Homelessness and Social Work
An Intersectional Approach
Häftad, 2019
735 kr
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Drawing on intersectional theorising, Homelessness and Social Work highlights the diversities and complexities of homelessness and social work research, policy and practice. It invites social work students, practitioners, policy makers and academics to re-examine the subject by exploring how …
International Perspectives on Social Work and Political Conflict
Av Joe Duffy, Jim Campbell m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
648 kr
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International Perspectives on Social Work and Political Conflict provides an important basis for readers to recognise and understand the unique and specialist role that social workers have played and continue to play in international contexts of political conflict. Social workers make an important …
Analysing Social Work Communication
Discourse in Practice
Av Christopher Hall, Kirsi Juhila m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
892 kr
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With communication and relationships at the core of social work, this book reveals the way it is foremost a practice that becomes reality in dialogue, illuminating some of the profession’s key dilemmas. Applied discourse studies illustrate the importance of talk and interaction in the construction …
Intersectionality in Social Work
Activism and Practice in Context
Av Suryia Nayak, Rachel Robbins
Häftad, 2020
617 kr
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This ground breaking book is an innovative, passionate and provocative exploration of intersectionality. The sustained emphasis on activism and practice reasserts the potency of intersectionality borne out of Black feminism. The rare and pioneering international reach of this book crosses four …
Social Work in a Glocalised World
Häftad, 2020
648 kr
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This engaging and timely volume contributes new knowledge to the rapidly emerging field of globalisation and social work. The volume brings together cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship from countries such as Australia, Finland, Japan, South Africa, the Philippines and Sweden. It proposes …
Consciousness-Raising
Critical Pedagogy and Practice for Social Change
Av Nilan Yu
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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Almost everywhere across the world, economic inequality has been rising within and across national borders. The vision of a fairer world embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being assailed by the advance of conservative ideology aided by vitriolic right-wing populism sweeping …
Neoliberalism, Nordic Welfare States and Social Work
Current and Future Challenges
Av Masoud Kamali, Jessica Jönsson
Häftad, 2019
735 kr
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How have three decades of neoliberalism affected the Nordic welfare states as well as the organisation, education and practices of social work in those countries?During recent decades the welfare states of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have gone through dramatic changes infl uenced by the …
New History of Social Work
Values and Practice in the Struggle for Social Justice
Inbunden, 2021
2586 kr
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This book provides an overview of the main developments in social work over its 200-year history. From its beginnings in the early 19th century through to the present day, it recounts the efforts to create a fairer, socially just society through its work with individuals and families. Throughout, …
Critical Ethics of Care in Social Work
Transforming the Politics and Practices of Caring
Av Bob Pease, Anthea Vreugdenhil m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
691 kr
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This book argues that the concept of care is a political and a moral concept. As such, it enables us to examine moral and political life through a radically different lens. The editors and contributors to the book argue that care has the potential to interrogate relationships of power and to be a …
Social Work and Research in Advanced Welfare States
Häftad, 2019
735 kr
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The aim of this book is to exemplify the ways in which social work and research develop in ‘advanced’ welfare states – countries where public spending is relatively high as a proportion of GNP. While such countries have traditionally been associated with Scandinavian countries in particular, and …
Ecosocial Transition of Societies
The contribution of social work and social policy
Av Aila-Leena Matthies, Kati Närhi
Häftad, 2019
735 kr
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This groundbreaking book both explains and expands the growing debate on ecological (environmental) social work at the global level. In order to achieve this, the book strengthens the environmental paradigm in social work and social policy by undertaking further research on theoretical and …
Challenge of Right-wing Nationalist Populism for Social Work
A Human Rights Approach
Av Carolyn Noble, Goetz Ottmann
Inbunden, 2020
2512 kr
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Right-wing nationalist populism poses direct attacks on social tolerance, human rights discourse, political debates, the survival of the welfare state and its universal services, impacting on the roles of social work. This book demonstrates how right-wing nationalist populism can and must be …
Critical Hospital Social Work Practice
Inbunden, 2020
2586 kr
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Critical Hospital Social Work Practice sheds light on the fast-paced, high pressure role of the hospital social worker. At a time of public concern over the state of the NHS and the needs of a growing older population, the hospital social worker’s job is more important than ever. Yet, it is poorly …
Women, Vulnerabilities and Welfare Service Systems
Av Marjo Kuronen, Elina Virokannas m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2512 kr
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This book studies welfare systems in Europe and beyond from the standpoint of women in vulnerable positions in society. These systems are under major transformations with new models of service delivery and management, austerity measures, requirements for cost-effectiveness, marketization, and the …
Rights-Based Community Practice and Academic Activism in a Turbulent World
Putting Theory into Practice in Israel, Palestine and Jordan
Inbunden, 2020
2744 kr
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Drawing on a theoretical model of coexistence premised on universality, reciprocity and inclusion, this book focusses on the development of academic social work programs and cross-border partnerships to promote social justice and peace in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. Using the model of …
Post-Anthropocentric Social Work
Critical Posthuman and New Materialist Perspectives
Av Vivienne Bozalek, Bob Pease
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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This book seeks to trouble taken-for-granted assumptions of anthropocentrism and humanism in social work - those which perpetuate human privilege and human exceptionalism. The edited collection provides a different imaginary for social work by introducing ways of thinking otherwise that challenge …
Critical Realism for Welfare Professions
Av Monica Kjørstad, May-Britt Solem
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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As a discipline, social work needs an inclusive metatheory for both research and practice that goes beyond positivism and constructivism. This is the first book to present and discuss how critical realism can contribute to a more useful and realistic approach to both research and practice in social …
Transitions From Care to Independence:
Supporting Young People Leaving State Care to Fulfil Their Potential
Häftad, 2019
844 kr
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This important book focuses on the critical role of educational achievement for the wellbeing and success of vulnerable youth in adulthood. It is concerned with three interconnected issues: the support which is or should be afforded to youth ageing out of state care to enable them to fulfil their …
Everyday Social Justice and Citizenship
Perspectives for the 21st Century
Av Ann Marie Mealey, Pam Jarvis m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
805 kr
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Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice. In …
Reciprocal Relationships and Well-being
Implications for Social Work and Social Policy
Av Maritta Törrönen, Carol Munn-Giddings m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
820 kr
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A sense of participation and opportunities to share and participate in activities or groups that are important to them are crucial factors in human wellbeing. This book provides a robust empirical and theoretical analysis of reciprocity and its implications for social work and social policy …
Complexities of Home in Social Work
Av Carole Zufferey, Christopher Horsell
Inbunden, 2022
2504 kr
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Home is a complex and multifaceted concept. This book revisions how ‘home’ is used in social work literature by showing how it is positioned as being discursively represented, materially experienced and embodied, and multiply imagined as symbolic and existential.Drawing on multidisciplinary …
Challenge of Right-wing Nationalist Populism for Social Work
A Human Rights Approach
Av Carolyn Noble, Goetz Ottmann
Häftad, 2022
646 kr
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Right-wing nationalist populism poses direct attacks on social tolerance, human rights discourse, political debates, the survival of the welfare state and its universal services, impacting on the roles of social work. This book demonstrates how right-wing nationalist populism can and must be …
Challenges, Opportunities and Innovations in Social Work Field Education
Av Ronnie Egan, Nicole Hill m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
627 kr
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This book collates and analyses the current research, debates, opportunities and practices in social work field education into one volume and contextualises this material within the broader context of social work. Current concerns about risk and uncertainty in field education are explored from …
Social Work, Young Migrants and the Act of Listening
Becoming an Unaccompanied Child
Av Marcus Herz, Philip Lalander
Inbunden, 2021
2504 kr
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This book is about 20 young unaccompanied refugees who have sought refuge in Europe and how they experience and try to navigate their new situations, including their contacts with social workers, friends and family members left behind.The book contains stories of powerlessness and frustration from …
Social Work, Young Migrants and the Act of Listening
Becoming an Unaccompanied Child
Av Marcus Herz, Philip Lalander
Häftad, 2022
646 kr
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This book is about 20 young unaccompanied refugees who have sought refuge in Europe and how they experience and try to navigate their new situations, including their contacts with social workers, friends and family members left behind.The book contains stories of powerlessness and frustration from …
Assessing Culturally Informed Parenting in Social Work
Av Davis Kiima
Inbunden, 2021
2504 kr
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This book explores how social workers incorporate issues of culture when evaluating the parenting competence of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) parents and highlights the gap in how social workers assess safe parenting in BAME families. Drawing on a study that combined a phenomenological …
Assessing Culturally Informed Parenting in Social Work
Av Davis Kiima
Häftad, 2022
646 kr
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This book explores how social workers incorporate issues of culture when evaluating the parenting competence of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) parents and highlights the gap in how social workers assess safe parenting in BAME families. Drawing on a study that combined a phenomenological …
Reforming Child Welfare in the Post-Soviet Space
Institutional Change in Russia
Av Meri Kulmala, Maija Jäppinen m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
646 kr
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This book provides new and empirically grounded research-based knowledge and insights into the current transformation of the Russian child welfare system. It focuses on the major shift in Russia’s child welfare policy: deinstitutionalisation of the system of children’s homes inherited from the …
Social Work, Social Welfare, Unemployment and Vulnerability Among Youth
Av Vibeke Bak Nielsen, Petra Malin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2578 kr
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Social Work, Social Welfare, Unemployment and Vulnerability Among Youth critically analyses contemporary welfare state interventions on unemployment and poverty among youth in a context of societal transformation. It also considers how we can develop future knowledge and methods in evolving welfare …
Social Work, Social Welfare, Unemployment and Vulnerability Among Youth
Av Vibeke Bak Nielsen, Petra Malin m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
646 kr
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Social Work, Social Welfare, Unemployment and Vulnerability Among Youth critically analyses contemporary welfare state interventions on unemployment and poverty among youth in a context of societal transformation. It also considers how we can develop future knowledge and methods in evolving welfare …
