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A Crisis in Care? John H. Clarke

A Crisis in Care? By John H. Clarke

A Crisis in Care? by John H. Clarke


Summary

This stimulating and authoritative book offers a distinctive analysis of the state of social work in contemporary Britain.

A Crisis in Care? Summary

A Crisis in Care?: Challenges to Social Work by John H. Clarke

This stimulating and authoritative book offers a distinctive analysis of the state of social work in contemporary Britain.

Among the issues addressed are: challenges from the state in the form of inquiries, reviews and new legislative initiatives, including the Children Act and community care legislation; challenges posed by criticisms from social workers themselves, clients and potential clients about the ways in which power and control are exercised in social work; and challenges arising from the social and cultural diversity of needs which social work must meet, including issues of gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability.

Produced in large format and illustrated for effective student teaching, A Crisis in Care? is a course book on the Open University course Family Life and Social Policy (D311).

A Crisis in Care? Reviews

`Casts a sharp analytic eye over a profession facing challenges and undergoing change. The result is a book set to become a key text for students of social work and social policy' - Hilary Graham, University of Warwick

`Reports the unvarnished truth about what has happened to social work, and what is likely to happen to it in the future. It does not make for consoling reading... at last someone is examining the real state of affairs' - Community Care

Table of Contents

Introduction - John Clarke The Comfort of Strangers - John Clarke Social Work in Context Understanding People - Roger Sapsford The Growth of an Expertise The Rise and Fall of Social Work - Mary Langan Challenges from the Centre - Allan Cochrane Challenges from the Margins - George Taylor New Directions in Social Work - Mary Langan

Additional information

GOR009210469
9780803988446
0803988443
A Crisis in Care?: Challenges to Social Work by John H. Clarke
Used - Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Ltd
19930610
186
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