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Social Policy For Social Work : Placing Social Work in its Wider Context

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Call no.
: 361.610941/GRE
Author
: LORRAINE GREEN AND KAREN CLARKE
Contributor
: RAZAK RAMBILI
Summary
This insightful book examines how shifts in the dominant political ideology have affected the nature of welfare provision, the kinds of social problems addressed by policy, and the balance of responsibilities for well-being between individuals, the family, voluntary organizations, the market and the state. It explains the impact of these developments on the organization of social work and on relationships between social workers and service users. The book discusses contested concepts central to social work – such as justice, liberty, equality, difference, need and risk – and illustrates these through a range of examples.