Social Work & Received Ideas

by Chris Rojek

Overview

The first book to examine the language of both traditional and radical social work as forms of power. The will to help and care for people unintentionally results in new types of dependency, control and domination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135078874
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	209
File size:	448 KB

About the Author

CHRIS ROJEK, Geraldine Peacock, STEWART COLLINS

Table of Contents

Authors’ note; Introduction: ‘Metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties’; 1 Received ideas and jargon in traditional social work; 2 The Marxist alternative; 3 Women, social work, and feminism; 4 Social work, humanism, and discourse analysis; 5 ‘The social’ in social work; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index;