The Expansion of Social Work in Britain

ISBN-13: 9781032221809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 126 str.

Philip Seed

Opis

First published in 1973, The Expansion of Social Work in Britain presents an overview of the history of social work to develop an understanding of what modern social work ‘is’ and of what the rapid expansion of social work ‘means’ as a social phenomenon.

Spis treści

General Editor’s introduction Introduction Part I: Social Conflict and the Origins of Social Work 1. The philanthropic tradition and the national image 2. Disciplined social action in the nineteenth century 3. The origins of social work as a social movement 4. Social work- movement or profession? Part II: Family Casework and the Welfare State Bureaucracy 5. Social work and the arrival of the welfare state 6. The welfare state and the problem family 7. The development of casework in bureaucratic settings Part III: Social Work, Social Conflict and Bureaucracy 8. The return of the volunteers 9. Implications of the retreat from the welfare state 10. The bureaucratic interest in community work Further Reading Bibliography

O autorze

Philip Seed