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Trying to understand how the world looks through the eyes of different individuals and groups and how this shapes how they think and act is something social workers do all the time. It is what social theorists do too. This book identifies and explains in a highly accessible manner the absolute value of social theory for social work. Drawing on the conceptual ideas of a wide range of classical and modern social theorists, the book demonstrates the insights their work can bring to bear on a wide range of social work practice-scenarios, issues and debates.

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After all of the other slices have been eaten, one final dejected little slice remains locked away in a cold, dark fridge. Small, droopy and all alone, this angry little slice of pizza finds himself left behind with only his thoughts for company and the more he listens, the angrier he gets. "The Angry Little Pizza," explores how anger can sometimes get the better of us. Independent reading: 8-11yr olds With support: 5-7yr olds.

This book provides an historical cultural sociological analysis of cultural representations of Italy in England and later Britain, from the period of the Italian Renaissance to the present day. Rooted in a critical account of orthodox social scientific approaches to thinking and theorising cultural representation, the study combines analytical frames and conceptual apparatus from Bourdieu’s Field theory and Yale School cultural sociology. Drawing from a range of empirical data and studies, the book demonstrates the significance of representations of the Italian peninsula and its people for...

Trying to understand how the world looks through the eyes of different individuals and groups and how this shapes how they think and act is something social workers do all the time. It is what social theorists do too. This book identifies and explains in a highly accessible manner the absolute value of social theory for social work. Drawing on the conceptual ideas of a wide range of classical and modern social theorists, the book demonstrates the insights their work can bring to bear on a wide range of social work practice-scenarios, issues and debates.

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Social theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act, and how contemporary social life is constructed. But often the key ideas of social theorists are expressed in highly technical and difficult language that can hide more than it reveals.