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Modernising Social Work
John Harris
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Description for Modernising Social Work
Paperback. New Labour's modernisation agenda has produced an avalanche of change that has posed formidable challenges for everyone involved in social work, whether as service users, practitioners or managers. "Modernising Social Work" provides a radical appraisal of the far-reaching changes in their theoretical, historical and policy contexts. Editor(s): Harris, John; White, Vicky. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 392.
New Labour's modernisation agenda has produced an avalanche of change that has posed formidable challenges for everyone involved in social work, whether as service users, practitioners or managers. "Modernising Social Work" provides a radical appraisal of the far-reaching changes in their theoretical, historical and policy contexts. The book is organised into three sections that consider: the inter-relationship of modernisation and managerialism, modernisation's impact on service users and the ways in which social workers and front-line managers seek to exercise professional discretion for the benefit of service users within a workplace culture of intensified scrutiny and control. Analysis of a range ... Read more
New Labour's modernisation agenda has produced an avalanche of change that has posed formidable challenges for everyone involved in social work, whether as service users, practitioners or managers. "Modernising Social Work" provides a radical appraisal of the far-reaching changes in their theoretical, historical and policy contexts. The book is organised into three sections that consider: the inter-relationship of modernisation and managerialism, modernisation's impact on service users and the ways in which social workers and front-line managers seek to exercise professional discretion for the benefit of service users within a workplace culture of intensified scrutiny and control. Analysis of a range ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847420053
SKU
V9781847420053
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Ref
99-50
About John Harris
John Harris is a Professor in the School of Health and Social Studies at the University of Warwick. He previously worked for many years as a social worker and a manager in social services. His teaching and research interests include managerialism, citizenship and the history of social work and he has published widely. Vicky White is an Associate Professor in ... Read more
Reviews for Modernising Social Work
"Harris and White have edited an impressive collection of papers which address social work and the modernization agenda.......The texts should be regarded as timely and important reading for all students of social work and social policy". David Denney in Social Policy and Administration "John Harris and Vicky White's edited collection is a valuable addition to the growing critical literature on ... Read more