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Joanne Warner - The Emotional Politics of Social Work and Child Protection - 9781447318439 - V9781447318439
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The Emotional Politics of Social Work and Child Protection

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Description for The Emotional Politics of Social Work and Child Protection Paperback. This book introduces the concept of emotional politics. It shows how collective emotions, such as anger, shame, fear and disgust, are generated and reflected by official documents, politicians and the media. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE1; JKSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.

For several decades, social work and child protection systems have been subject to accelerating cycles of crisis and reform, with each crisis involving intense media and political scrutiny. In understanding the nature and causes of this cycle, little attention has been paid to the importance of collective emotions.

Using a range of cases from the UK, and also considering cases from the Netherlands, the US and New Zealand, this book introduces the concept of emotional politics. It shows how collective emotions, such as anger, shame, fear and disgust, are central to constructions of risk and blame, and are generated ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447318439
SKU
V9781447318439
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Joanne Warner
Dr Joanne Warner is a senior lecturer in social work at the University of Kent. She is a registered social worker, beginning her career in community development work and generic practice before becoming an academic. Her research focuses on sociocultural approaches to risk, particularly the way ‘risk work’ has shaped professional practice and the impact of cultures of inquiry and ... Read more

Reviews for The Emotional Politics of Social Work and Child Protection
"Brimming with insight and ideas for any social policy specialist interested in how human emotion can affect all levels of society and human operations." LSE Review of Books "This book takes a panoramic view of child protection tragedies, from Maria Colwell in 1973 to the present day." Critical and Radical Social Work "This book manages to be both timely and ... Read more

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