Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice

ISBN-13: 9781350321571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str.

Karen Healy

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List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Part 1 Introduction 1 Understanding our Context 2 A Dynamic Model of Practice Part 2 Discourses Shaping Practice Contexts 3 Dominant Discourses in Health and Welfare: Biomedicine and neoliberalism. 4 Behavioural and Social Science Discourses: ‘Psy’ and Sociological Ideas in Social Work 5 Alternative Discourses: Citizen Rights, Religion and Spirituality, and Environmental Social Work Part 3 Social Work Theories for Practice 6 Four Waves of Systems Theories: From General Systems Theory to Ecosocial Work. 7 Problem-solving Approaches: Focusing on Task-centred Practice 8 Relationship-based, Strengths and Solution-focused Practice 9 Modern Critical Social Work: Addressing Structural Contexts 10 ‘Post-Theories': Postmodern, Poststructural and Postcolonial Approaches. 11 Creating Frameworks for Practice Bibliography Index