Analysis of language and discourse in social sciences has become increasingly popular over the past thirty years. Only very recently has it been applied to the study of social work, despite the fact that communication and language are central to social work practice.
This book looks at how social workers, their clients and other professionals categorise and manage the problems of social work in ways which are rendered understandable, accountable and which justify professional intervention. Features include:
studies of key practice areas in social work, such as...
Analysis of language and discourse in social sciences has become increasingly popular over the past thirty years. Only very recently has it been ap...
Christopher Hall Stefaan Slembrouck Srikant Sarangi
Analysis of language and discourse in social sciences has become increasingly popular over the past thirty years. Only very recently has it been applied to the study of social work, despite the fact that communication and language are central to social work practice. "Language Practices in Social Work" looks at how social workers, their clients and other professionals categorize and manage the problems of social work in ways which are rendered understandable, accountable and which justify professional intervention. Features include: - studies of key practice areas in social work, such...
Analysis of language and discourse in social sciences has become increasingly popular over the past thirty years. Only very recently has it been appli...
Healthcare delivery, especially in the primary care sector, is increasingly becoming multicultural and multilingual in character. This global reality manifests itself as communicative challenges in interpreter-mediated consultations, involving professional as well as family members in the role of interpreters. The contributors to this volume, drawn from different parts of the world (Australia, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA), share the view that interpretation in the mediated sense is more than linguistic or literal translation, thus...
Healthcare delivery, especially in the primary care sector, is increasingly becoming multicultural and multilingual in character. This global reality ...
Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to prospective individuals and their families it also raises complex ethical and moral dilemmas for families as well as genetic professionals.
This book explores the ways in which genetic testing generates not only probabilities of potential futures, but also enjoys new forms of social, individual and professional responsibility. Concerns about confidentiality and informed consent involving...
Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new know...
Language, Bureaucracy and Social Control explores the varying inter-relationships between language, forms of bureaucratic organisation and social control. The text provides a detailed examination of the discursive dimensions of some of the key techniques of modern power: the 'productive' surveillance practices of administrative and public service institutions. Special attention is paid to recent developments within the state domain and the private economy such as the introduction of consumerism and promotional practices in welfare institutions, and the spread of bureaucratisation in...
Language, Bureaucracy and Social Control explores the varying inter-relationships between language, forms of bureaucratic organisation and soci...
This text examines the wide range of issues involved in bureaucratic language, illustrating the complex inter-relationships between language, bureaucracy and social control. The authors use real life, varying data in their analysis, taken from institutions in the UK, Netherlands and Belgium.
This text examines the wide range of issues involved in bureaucratic language, illustrating the complex inter-relationships between language, bureaucr...
This collection of articles provides a historical overview of the different traditions of discourse analysis and examines possible developments in the field, within the context of a range of social settings.
This collection of articles provides a historical overview of the different traditions of discourse analysis and examines possible developments in the...
