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Rogowski’s 2nd edition of this bestselling textbook responds to the major changes to social work practice since the first edition published. Fully updated with new material, it evaluates social work’s development over the last 150 years and calls for critical and radical changes to policy and practice based on social justice and social change.

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Foreword ~ Ray Jones Introduction: The rise and fall of social work? The beginnings of social work to its 1970s zenith Thatcherism and the rise of neoliberalism: opportunities and challenges New Labour, more neoliberalism: new challenges and (fewer) opportunities The professionalisation of social work? Managerialism and the social work business Neoliberalism, austerity and social Work Conclusion: Critical/radical possibilities in ongoing neoliberal times Author's note

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    A Paperback / softback by Steve Rogowski

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 02/09/2020
      ISBN13: 9781447353140, 978-1447353140
      ISBN10: 1447353145

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Rogowski’s 2nd edition of this bestselling textbook responds to the major changes to social work practice since the first edition published. Fully updated with new material, it evaluates social work’s development over the last 150 years and calls for critical and radical changes to policy and practice based on social justice and social change.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword ~ Ray Jones Introduction: The rise and fall of social work? The beginnings of social work to its 1970s zenith Thatcherism and the rise of neoliberalism: opportunities and challenges New Labour, more neoliberalism: new challenges and (fewer) opportunities The professionalisation of social work? Managerialism and the social work business Neoliberalism, austerity and social Work Conclusion: Critical/radical possibilities in ongoing neoliberal times Author's note

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