Social Work and Social Policy

This book takes a future-oriented perspective that aims to move beyond well-worn critiques to envision constructive and sustainable futures for social work and social development in Africa. Using case-studies from Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Namibia, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South A..

Based upon George Ritzer's McDonaldization of Society thesis and incorporating the author's research with care managers and their managers in the UK, this book examines the introduction of care management to social work practice. It examines the day-to-day implications of care management for social ..

The decline of the welfare state in Western Europe has left social care and everyday help in the hands of strangers. Utilizing twenty-five years of research, this book presents a new theoretical framework for social intervention, making a case for recognition of the significance of strangers when im..

This book provides scholars, students and activists with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current research in community development. Each chapter develops a debate in relation to seven key themes, including, but not limited to, forced displacement, domestic violence, ..

By providing the theories, practices, policies, knowledge and skills required to act responsibly in responding to the disasters that threaten the earth, this book handbook will be required reading for all social work students, academics and professionals, as well as those working in the fields of co..

This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of the relationship of poverty in the US with the rise of neoliberal capitalism and globalization. Key issues examined include: income distribution, employment, health, hunger, housing, social justice and human rights frameworks and the role of profes..

This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of the relationship of poverty in the US with the rise of neoliberal capitalism and globalization. Key issues examined include: income distribution, employment, health, hunger, housing, social justice and human rights frameworks and the role of profes..

This Handbook is an authoritative and comprehensive reference for academics and researchers as well as for organisations and practitioners committed to exploring why, and how, religion and spirituality should be integral to social work practice. Including a wide range of international perspectives f..

This book provides both a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current research in this subject. It is the first handbook to cover care work research from around the world, including both low- and middle-income countries as well as high income countries...

This book aims to bring order to the diversity of methods which is so typical of social work. The tools described can be directly put into practice and adapted to the social worker’s personalised approach with their clients. Useful for both the inexperienced and the more practiced social worker, the..

This book aims to bring order to the diversity of methods which is so typical of social work. The tools described can be directly put into practice and adapted to the social worker’s personalised approach with their clients. Useful for both the inexperienced and the more practiced social worker, the..

How has New Public Management influenced social policy reform in different developed welfare states? New managerialism is conceptualized as a paradigm, which not only shapes the decision-making process in bureaucratic organizations but also affects the practice of individuals (citizens). This book h..