| Description |
vi, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: The Dog That Didn't Bark -- Values, Morals and Emotions -- The Shifting Ethical Foundations of Social Work -- Reasons, Motives and Evidence -- The Theoretical Basis of the Third Way and Social Work -- The Third Way in Local Authority Social Services -- Modernization and Management -- Capacities and Empowerment -- The Contradictions of the Third Way over Exclusions and Disabilities -- Social Work and Street Credibility -- Social Work and Economic Activity -- The Public Authority -- Social Work and the State -- Front-Line Practice |
| Summary |
"The New Labour government in the UK is committed to a programme of reform of the welfare state that will pull way safety nets, replacing them with trampolines to bounce citizens back into active participation. Its regime of 'tough love' will make more demands on those claiming benefits and services as well as clamping down on dependency, fraud and crime." "The authors provide an accessible and lively analysis of the tensions between 'toughness' and 'love' in the Third Way's political philosophy, and the problems of implementing New Labour's programme. With professional social work and local authority social services currently being relegated to a tightly circumscribed role in social care, the authors argue for a new, more generous and expansive approach to practice." |
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"Social Work and the Third Way provides an important and topical contribution to the debate on the future of the Welfare State and will be essential reading for students and researchers in social work, social policy and politics."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Social work |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-236) and index |
| Subject |
Social service -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001105
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| Author |
Jordan, Charlie.
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| LC no. |
00711337 |
| ISBN |
0761967206 |
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0761967214 (paperback) |
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