Social work is currently undergoing major change in its policies, organization and day-to-day practice and much has been written about the feminist presence in social work. In particular, feminist social work has focused on the role of women social workers in developing distinctive forms of practice, rooted in a commitment to egalitarian relationships with women service users. The State of Feminist Social Work challenges the limitations of this perspective.

Tracing key ideas in feminist social work from the 1970s through to the present day, and using data from interviews...

Social Work is currently in the throes of major change in its policies, organization and day-to-day practice, often referred to as modernization. Historically, feminist literature has had a powerful impact in terms of analysis of the significance of gender on social work, but this analysis has stopped short of engagement with the contemporary modernization agenda.
Much has been written about the characteristic features of a feminist presence in social work and women social workers' role in developing emancipatory forms of practice, rooted in a commitment to egalitarian relationships with...

New Labour's modernization agenda has produced an avalanche of change in the UK that has posed formidable challenges for everyone involved in social work, whether as service users, practitioners, or managers. This textbook's three sections cover the main

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