Routledge Advances in Social Work
Social Work in a Glocalised World
1st Edition
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By Mona Livholts, Lia Bryant
March 04, 2020
This engaging and timely volume contributes new knowledge to the rapidly emerging field of globalisation and social work. The volume brings together cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship from countries such as Australia, Finland, Japan, South Africa, the Philippines and Sweden. It proposes ‘...
Everyday Social Justice and Citizenship: Perspectives for the 21st Century
1st Edition
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By Ann Marie Mealey, Pam Jarvis, Jonathan Doherty, Jan Fook
September 11, 2019
Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice. In...
Reciprocal Relationships and Well-being: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy
1st Edition
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By Maritta Törrönen, Carol Munn-Giddings, Laura Tarkiainen
September 11, 2019
A sense of participation and opportunities to share and participate in activities or groups that are important to them are crucial factors in human wellbeing. This book provides a robust empirical and theoretical analysis of reciprocity and its implications for social work and social policy ...
Transitions From Care to Independence:: Supporting Young People Leaving State Care to Fulfil Their Potential
1st Edition
By Jennifer Driscoll
September 11, 2019
This important book focuses on the critical role of educational achievement for the wellbeing and success of vulnerable youth in adulthood. It is concerned with three interconnected issues: the support which is or should be afforded to youth ageing out of state care to enable them to fulfil their ...
Critical Realism for Welfare Professions
1st Edition
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By Monica Kjørstad, May-Britt Solem
May 21, 2019
As a discipline, social work needs an inclusive metatheory for both research and practice that goes beyond positivism and constructivism. This is the first book to present and discuss how critical realism can contribute to a more useful and realistic approach to both research and practice in social...
Critical Ethics of Care in Social Work: Transforming the Politics and Practices of Caring
1st Edition
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By Bob Pease, Anthea Vreugdenhil, Sonya Stanford
April 18, 2019
This book argues that the concept of care is a political and a moral concept. As such, it enables us to examine moral and political life through a radically different lens. The editors and contributors to the book argue that care has the potential to interrogate relationships of power and to be a ...
Homelessness and Social Work: An Intersectional Approach
1st Edition
By Carole Zufferey
April 18, 2019
Drawing on intersectional theorising, Homelessness and Social Work highlights the diversities and complexities of homelessness and social work research, policy and practice. It invites social work students, practitioners, policy makers and academics to re-examine the subject by exploring how ...
Neoliberalism, Nordic Welfare States and Social Work: Current and Future Challenges
1st Edition
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By Masoud Kamali, Jessica Jönsson
April 18, 2019
How have three decades of neoliberalism affected the Nordic welfare states as well as the organisation, education and practices of social work in those countries? During recent decades the welfare states of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have gone through dramatic changes infl uenced by the ...
Social Work and Research in Advanced Welfare States
1st Edition
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By Kjeld Hogsbro, Ian F Shaw
April 18, 2019
The aim of this book is to exemplify the ways in which social work and research develop in ‘advanced’ welfare states – countries where public spending is relatively high as a proportion of GNP. While such countries have traditionally been associated with Scandinavian countries in particular, and ...
The Ecosocial Transition of Societies: The contribution of social work and social policy
1st Edition
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By Aila-Leena Matthies, Kati Närhi
April 18, 2019
This groundbreaking book both explains and expands the growing debate on ecological (environmental) social work at the global level. In order to achieve this, the book strengthens the environmental paradigm in social work and social policy by undertaking further research on theoretical and ...
Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare: Challenges for the Social Work Profession
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By Beatrix Schwarzer, Ursula Kämmerer-Rütten, Alexandra Schleyer-Lindenmann, Yafang Wang
August 14, 2018
The underlying frame of social work is the nation state, and it is from within the state that welfare strategies and social policies are devised and implemented. However, post-colonialism, globalisation, migration and the associated implications for human rights, social justice and social welfare ...
Chronic Illness, Vulnerability and Social Work: Autoimmunity and the contemporary disease experience
1st Edition
By Liz Price, Liz Walker
January 22, 2018
Whilst the body has recently assumed greater sociological significance, there has been less engagement in social work and social care on the bodily experience of health, illness and disease. This innovative volume redresses the balance by exploring chronic illness and social work, through the ...