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Social Work and the City: Urban Themes in 21st-Century Social Work
Charlotte Williams (Ed.)
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Description for Social Work and the City: Urban Themes in 21st-Century Social Work
Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Charlotte. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JFSG; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
This book critically explores ways of thinking about the city and its relevance for the profession of social work. It provides a colourful illustration of practice drawing on examples of social work responses to a range of issues emerging from the unprecedented scale, density and pace of change in cities. The associated challenges posed for social work include: the increased segregation of the poor, the crisis of affordable housing, homelessness, gentrification, ageing, displacement as a result of migrations, and the breakdown of social support and care. Drawing on multiple disciplines, this groundbreaking work shows that these familiar features ... Read more
This book critically explores ways of thinking about the city and its relevance for the profession of social work. It provides a colourful illustration of practice drawing on examples of social work responses to a range of issues emerging from the unprecedented scale, density and pace of change in cities. The associated challenges posed for social work include: the increased segregation of the poor, the crisis of affordable housing, homelessness, gentrification, ageing, displacement as a result of migrations, and the breakdown of social support and care. Drawing on multiple disciplines, this groundbreaking work shows that these familiar features ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
299
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137516220
SKU
V9781137516220
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About Charlotte Williams (Ed.)
Charlotte Williams OBE is Professor and Deputy Dean of Social Work at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She is a qualified social worker and has practiced in rural and urban contexts. She has extensively theorised issues of place, locality and nationhood as they affect social welfare practice, particularly in relation to the exclusion of minoritised ethnic groups.
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