Social work and social exclusion [electronic resource] : the idea of practice / Michael Sheppard.
By: Sheppard, Michael.
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BookPublisher: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006Description: 281 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Social service | Marginality, SocialGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 361.3/2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and indexes.
Introduction -- Social exclusion and social work -- Social work and social exclusion -- The nature of social work -- Knowledge and values, postmodernism and social work -- Need -- Authority and choice -- Empowerment -- Maintenance, social functioning and coping -- Interpretivism, reflection and social work as art -- Social work, science and technical instrumentalism -- Judgement and decision making : practical reasoning, process knowledge and critical thinking -- Social work intervention and human nature -- Conclusion : the discipline of social work.
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