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Examining experiences of shame and stigma in the context of austerity and the declining welfare state, this book shows how social work can ameliorate the impacts of shame through sensitive, reflective and relationship-based practice. It provides a broad understanding of shame and looks at its impact on both service users and practitioners.

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Part One: The Concept of Shame from Different Perspectives Making Sense of Shame Theory: A Possible Psychosocial Structure ~ Elisabeth Frost The sociology of shame ~ Sighard Neckel Shame as an Anthropological and Historical and Social Emotion ~ Veronika Magyar-Haas Part Two: Shame and Service Users Poverty as an Attack on Subjectivity: The Case of Shame, A Social Work Perspective ~ Holger Schoneville Interactions of Shame: Violence against Children and Residential Care ~ Marie Demant and Friederike Lorenz Emotional Labour in Social Work Practice and the Production of Shame in Service Users’ ~ Carsten Schröder Part Three: Shame and Social Workers Shame Regulation as Organisational Control: Evoking, Containing, and Diverting Shame to Create Compliance ~ Matthew Gibson Claim, Blame, Shame: How Risk Undermines Authenticity in Social Work ~ Mark Hardy Shame, Mistakes and Reflective Practice in Social Work ~ Alessandro Sicora

Shame and Social Work

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 22 October 2021
      ISBN-13 9781447344087
      978-1447344087
      ISBN-10 1447344081
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examining experiences of shame and stigma in the context of austerity and the declining welfare state, this book shows how social work can ameliorate the impacts of shame through sensitive, reflective and relationship-based practice. It provides a broad understanding of shame and looks at its impact on both service users and practitioners.

      Table of Contents
      Part One: The Concept of Shame from Different Perspectives Making Sense of Shame Theory: A Possible Psychosocial Structure ~ Elisabeth Frost The sociology of shame ~ Sighard Neckel Shame as an Anthropological and Historical and Social Emotion ~ Veronika Magyar-Haas Part Two: Shame and Service Users Poverty as an Attack on Subjectivity: The Case of Shame, A Social Work Perspective ~ Holger Schoneville Interactions of Shame: Violence against Children and Residential Care ~ Marie Demant and Friederike Lorenz Emotional Labour in Social Work Practice and the Production of Shame in Service Users’ ~ Carsten Schröder Part Three: Shame and Social Workers Shame Regulation as Organisational Control: Evoking, Containing, and Diverting Shame to Create Compliance ~ Matthew Gibson Claim, Blame, Shame: How Risk Undermines Authenticity in Social Work ~ Mark Hardy Shame, Mistakes and Reflective Practice in Social Work ~ Alessandro Sicora

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