| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Series |
Reshaping social work series |
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Reshaping social work.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrative Material -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Social work and community development: An introduction -- Change and continuity in social work -- Social work and community -- Community work and community development -- Community development and social work: Connections in practice, values, and knowledge -- Chapter outline -- Main Points -- 2 Ideology, policy and community -- Introduction -- The international policy context 1950-2013 -- Consequences of the neo-liberal 'turn': New public management -- The impact of managerialism on social work |
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The 'turn' to community in international policy -- In conclusion: Challenges and opportunities for social work and community development -- Main Points -- 3 Beyond dominant discourses: Challenges and opportunities -- Introduction -- What is discourse? -- Discourse and social work -- Challenging dominant discourses in the social professions -- Social work in the community: Emerging opportunities for critical practice -- In conclusion: Policy and practices beyond dominant discourses -- Main Points -- 4 Directions in social work theory -- Introduction |
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Making Connections between Values, Theories and Practices -- The ebb and flow of ideas in social work -- Structural social work: Transforming the social order? -- Post-modern orientations in social work theory -- Critical realist practices -- Advocacy, empowerment and human rights -- In conclusion: Critical realist practices -- a way forward? -- Main Points -- 5 Making connections in principle and practice -- Introduction -- Community development: Origins, continuity and change -- Directions in community development in Latin America: Challenge and innovation |
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The community development process: Synergies with social work -- In conclusion: The social work cycle? -- Main Points -- 6 Creative activism in social work practice -- Introduction -- Social workers as activists -- Activism, citizenship and community development -- New and emerging forms of social work activism -- In conclusion: New fronts for creative activism? -- Main Points -- 7 Scaffolding critical practice in the community development context -- Introduction -- 'Critical consciousness': Facilitating and scaffolding critical community practices |
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'Critical consciousness': Practice frameworks and communities of practice -- Scaffolding practices: Social workers as researchers for social change -- In conclusion: Reflection and renewal for sustained critical practices -- Main Points -- Conclusion: New opportunities for social work engagement with critical community development approaches -- Introduction -- Prospects for a critical and engaged practice -- Social work and community development: Emerging possibilities -- Critical directions in social work policy, education and practice -- Main Points -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lynch, Deborah, author
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| ISBN |
9781137308399 |
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1137308397 |
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