Social Work and Europe

ISBN-13: 9780333566329 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 183 str.

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Opis

This book presents information and ideas about the role and organisation of social workers in selected EC countries particularly, but not exclusively, France and Germany. Comparisons are made of national policies and practice in relation to specific client groups; and new concerns requiring common responses are identified. This discussion is put in the context of an emerging social agenda of the European Community. The authors argue that EC social policies in relation to citizenship, participation and marginalisation are consistent with the aims and concerns of social workers, and relevant to its future development at national and European level.

Spis treści

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- PART 1: SOCIAL EUROPE: THE VISION.- PART 2: CONTEXTS OF SOCIAL WORK: SOCIAL POLICIES AND SOCIAL TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE.- PART 3: SOCIAL WORKERS, ORGANISATIONS AND THE STATE.- PART 4: BRANCHES AND THEMES OF SOCIAL WORK.- PART 5: A PEOPLE'S EUROPE? FRENCH SOCIAL WORKERS AND LES EXCLUS.- PART 6: PARTICIPATION: A EUROPEAN IDEAL AND A SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITY.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

CRESCY CANNAN is Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Sussex and Director of the Master in Social Work programme. She has previous experience as a social worker and in research in personal social services. Her interests have included radical social work, gender and politics, family centres, and social welfare and social policy in contemporary Europe, especially France and Germany.

LYNNE BERRY is Director of the Family Welfare Association. She promoted European social development at the National Institute of Social Work as a writer and consultant. Her research interests include participation, user rights and women's issues.

KAREN LYONS is the Principle Lecturer in Social Work at the Polytechnic of East London. She was previously engaged in practice, research and management in the social work field. Her current research interests are in comparative social work and the career patterns of social workers.