Social work and social exclusion : the idea of practice

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheppard, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Aldershot, England : Ashgate , c2006
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Social exclusion and social work
  • 3. Social work and social exclusion
  • 4. The nature of social work
  • 5. Knowledge and values, postmodernism and social work
  • 6. Need
  • 7. Authority and choice
  • 8. Empowerment
  • 9. Maintenance, social functioning and coping
  • 10. Interpretive, reflection and social work as art
  • 11. Social work, science and technical instrumentalism
  • 12. Judgment and decision making: practical reasoning, process knowledge and critical thinking
  • 13. Social work intervention and human nature
  • 14. Conclusion: the discipline of social work