Social Work and the Community : A Critical Context for Practice /
Stepney, Paul.
Social Work and the Community : A Critical Context for Practice / Paul Stepney and Keith Popple. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008. - x, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-191) and index.
Introduction to the idea of community -- The contribution of community studies and increased state intervention in communities and neighbourhoods -- Rethinking community : globalisation, neo-liberalism and inequality -- Community as an area of social policy -- Community as an organising focus for social policy -- Community care : promoting an empowering service or using the market to contain costs? -- Remaking community : communitarianism and the modernisation of the welfare state -- Social work and the community : from theory to practice -- The theory and practice of community of social work -- Community work and community action -- Future possibilities for community-based social work in an international context.
140399126X (alk. paper) 9781403991263 (alk. paper)
Social service--Great Britain.
Community organization--Great Britain.
HV245 / .S734 2008
361.3
Social Work and the Community : A Critical Context for Practice / Paul Stepney and Keith Popple. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008. - x, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-191) and index.
Introduction to the idea of community -- The contribution of community studies and increased state intervention in communities and neighbourhoods -- Rethinking community : globalisation, neo-liberalism and inequality -- Community as an area of social policy -- Community as an organising focus for social policy -- Community care : promoting an empowering service or using the market to contain costs? -- Remaking community : communitarianism and the modernisation of the welfare state -- Social work and the community : from theory to practice -- The theory and practice of community of social work -- Community work and community action -- Future possibilities for community-based social work in an international context.
140399126X (alk. paper) 9781403991263 (alk. paper)
Social service--Great Britain.
Community organization--Great Britain.
HV245 / .S734 2008
361.3