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Postmodern Social Work

Author : Ken Moffatt
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231549393
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Postmodern Social Work written by Ken Moffatt and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should social workers adapt to a time of widespread instability and uncertainty? How can social work practice account for the ever-increasing infiltration of technology and media images into our daily lives and mental states? In this book, Ken Moffatt turns to postmodern philosophy’s grappling with late capitalism and the omnipresence of technology in order to develop a new approach to reflective social work practice and critical pedagogy. Postmodern Social Work attempts to reconcile postmodern thinkers with the realities of teaching social work to diverse student populations in a precarious era. Moffatt advocates an ideal of reflective practice that allows social workers to combine direct experience, social welfare, and social justice. Through a series of interlocking essays focused on the theoretical underpinnings of reflective practice in the context of social work education, he explores the implications of postmodern theory for social work practice. Drawing on thinkers such as Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva, Gilles Deleuze, and Félix Guattari, Moffatt lays out a path forward for reflective social work, providing new ways of thinking that collapse old categories and integrate direct practice with community engagement and social analysis. Postmodern Social Work offers an approach to practice and teaching that considers the shifting landscape of social change while remaining true to social work’s primary concerns of inclusion and justice.

Transforming Social Work Practice

Author : Jan Fook
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136849408
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Social Work Practice written by Jan Fook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming Social Work Practice shows that postmodern theory offers new strategies for social workers concerned with political action and social justice. It explores ways of developing practice frameworks, paradigms and principles which take advantage of the perspectives offered by postmodern theory without totally abandoning the values of modernity and the Enlightenment project of human emancipation. Case studies demonstrate how these perspectives can be applied to practice.

Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work

Author : Jean A Pardeck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136381031
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Book Synopsis Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work by : Jean A Pardeck

Download or read book Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work written by Jean A Pardeck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work discusses the benefits and disadvantages of the postmodern philosophy as a foundation for social work and human service practice. Social work students and practitioners will learn about the developments that have shaped postmodern thinking as they pertain to society in general, as well as to the profession of social work. By exploring this increasingly popular philosophy, Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work provides you with methods and theories that help you evalute contemporary problems more effectively, resulting in better services for your clients. Challenging traditional social work practices, Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work examines postmodernism in terms of a world view that is emerging along indeterminate and ambiguous lines. With the goal of helping you provide more helpful and relevant services to your clients, Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work discusses many themes related to postmodernism, including: understanding how principles of postmodernism are characterized by ongoing change, indeterminacy, and relativism reviewing the historical movement of a postmodern perspective and its present implications on social work practice supporting the strengths perspective through a postmodernist approach discussing some unintended and potentially negative consequences of postmodernism that arise from uncritically adopting postmodernistic principles analyzing the nature of social work and social welfare in Britain and the Western World to gain insight into how social theory is associated with postmodernity, postmodernization, and post-Fordism exploring the postmodernistic relationship between institutionalized religions and social services provided by religious auspices Although postmodernism offers a new and different way of understanding social problems and of structuring social work practice, this text urges you to be critical in the evaluation of its aspects and outlines some possibly negative outcomes in certain situations. In evaluating postmodernism and its relevance to social services and social problems, Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work offers theories and research into methods that go beyond traditional practices to assist you in providing effective and relevant services for your clients.

Globalization and International Social Work

Author : Malcolm Payne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317127056
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Globalization and International Social Work written by Malcolm Payne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization challenges social work with constant social change, making a social worker's job and the task of social work education more complex and uncertain. Post-modern thinking suggests that social workers must learn to cope with complexity in ways that are in tension with the increasingly managerialist organization of the social services. The authors explore and question the concepts of 'postmodern', 'international' and 'global' in light of growing interest in international social work in the early 21st century. Emphasizing the importance of critical reflection, they argue that educational colonization can be challenged and effective anti-discriminatory and pro-equality practice and education promoted. Each chapter provides direct examples of how students and academics can apply these ideas in practice and in their learning, and how they can respond to and influence the challenges and changes that are taking place. The authors also examine educational and practice issues arising from attempts to incorporate international understanding into national practice and education systems. The book is designed to be stimulating to academics interested in international social work while remaining accessible to practitioners and students without international experience.

Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health

Author : Roberta G. Sands
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health by : Roberta G. Sands

Download or read book Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health written by Roberta G. Sands and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 2001 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth and very modern approach to clinical social work with clients in mental health settings. This is a revision of a book originally titled Clinical Social Work Practice in Community Mental Health. The "community mental health" approach is now dated, and this revision features "behavioral" mental health, which is a newer and "postmodern" approach. The postmodern perspective is client-oriented, and helps the practitioner to be aware of underlying biases. This perspective is explained in Chapter 1 and is included in every chapter by featuring clients' "voices," particularly at the beginning and end of the chapters. Important new topics include managed care and measurement of outcomes, both of which are woven throughout and featured in Chapters 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 13. For social work practitioners specializing in mental health.

Social Work with the Aged and Their Families

Author : Roberta R. Greene
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351489275
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Social Work with the Aged and Their Families written by Roberta R. Greene and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, theoreticians, researchers, and practitioners have become increasingly interested in older adults and the aging process. This volume draws on related disciplines to better understand the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging. 'Social Work with the Aged and Their Families' covers areas of central interest to those coping with the needs of an aging population. Among the topics addressed are assessment of the aging, taking into account biological age, psychological age, and socio-cultural and spiritual age. Greene also considers the importance of the family system, family roles and development, functional-age individual and family intervention, and group and community interventions. The scientific and systematic study of aging is known as gerontology. Geriatric social workers are those who have applied established social work theories in an attempt to find suitable techniques for working with their elderly clients. The need for specialized services has given birth to various services and programs. For example, meals-on-wheels and home health care services have been designed to meet specific physical needs of older adults. However, mental health services have lagged far behind as practitioners struggled to adapt such specialties as family therapy to families of later years. A major contribution of this book, now in its third edition, is the functional-age model of intergenerational treatment (FAM), which is an outgrowth of that demand. The functional-age model of intergenerational treatment is an integrative theoretical framework for social workers interested in clinical social work practice with older adults and their families. Since its initial construction in 1986, the model has been augmented by more recent concepts related to successful aging, spirituality, and resiliency. These additions, together with the original assessment and intervention strategies, present the major converging conceptual trends that constitute a model for twenty-first century social work practice in the field of aging.

Practice and Research in Social Work

Author : Barbara Fawcett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134646917
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Practice and Research in Social Work written by Barbara Fawcett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appraises key issues in the contested fields of postmodernism and feminism, focusing on applications in relation to practice, research and education in social work.

Postmodern Social Theory

Author : George Ritzer
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Postmodern Social Theory written by George Ritzer and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ritzer's long-awaited text in Postmodern Social Theory is a readable & coherent introduction to the fundamental ideas & most important thinkers in postmodern social theory.

Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice

Author : Nick Coady, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780826110930
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice by : Nick Coady, PhD

Download or read book Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice written by Nick Coady, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the first edition "Finally, a social work practice text that makes a difference! This is the book that you have wished for but could never find. Although similar to texts that cover a range of practice theories and approaches to clinical practice, this book clearly has a social work frame of reference and a social work identity." --Gayla Rogers, Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary The major focus of this second edition is the same; to provide an overview of theories, models, and therapies for direct social work practice, including systems theory, attachment theory, cognitive-behavioral theory, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, the crisis intervention model, and many more. However, this popular textbook goes beyond a mere survey of such theories. It also provides a framework for integrating the use of each theory with central social work principles and values, as well as with the artistic elements of practice. This second edition has been fully updated and revised to include: A new chapter on Relational Theory, and newly-rewritten chapters by new authors on Cognitive-Behavioral Theory, Existential Theory, and Wraparound Services New critique of the Empirically Supported Treatment (EST) movement Updated information on the movement toward eclecticism in counseling and psychotherapy A refined conceptualization of the editors' generalist-eclectic approach

The Politics of Social Work

Author : Fred W Powell
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761964124
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Social Work written by Fred W Powell and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-05-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work, at the beginning of the 21st Century. It locates social work within wider political and theoretical debates and deals with important issues currently facing social workers and the organisations in which they work. By setting the current crisis of identity social workers are experiencing in international context, Fred Powell analyses the choices facing social work in postmodern society. Fred Powell explores in this text contemporary and historical paradigms of social work from its Victorian origins to the development of reformist practice in the welfare state to radical social work, responses to social exclusion, the rennaissance of civil society, multiculturalism, feminism and anti-oppressive practice. In conclusion the he examines the options facing social work in the 21st century and argues for a civic model of social work based on the pursuit of social justice in an inclusive society.

Sociology of Postmodernism

Author : Dr Scott Lash
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317858522
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Sociology of Postmodernism written by Dr Scott Lash and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Social Work Theories and Methods

Author : Mel Gray
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446204995
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Social Work Theories and Methods written by Mel Gray and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `An excellent book that provides a good deal of valuable material to stimulate debate and to alert readers of the need to engage more critically with the wider world in which social work is located′ - Professor Keith Popple, Professor of Social Work London South Bank University This exciting book draws together the key contemporary theories, theorists and perspectives used in social work and explains how they are applied in practice and critiqued by social workers. It provides: - An outline of the contribution made by a key theorist, theory or perspective to social work - A selective bibliography of each thinker or approach - A glossary defining key traditions, with cross links to key theorists and perspectives - A timeline of key publications - Study questions at the end of each chapter. The book will be valuable for undergraduate, graduate students, post qualifying students and researchers in social work.

Images of Postmodern Society

Author : Norman K Denzin
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780803985162
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Images of Postmodern Society written by Norman K Denzin and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1991-09-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By using a series of studies of contemporary mainstream Hollywood movies - Blue Velvet, Wall Street, Crimes and Misdemeanors, When Harry Met Sally, sex lies and videotape, Do the Right Thing - Norman K Denzin explores the tension between ideas of the postmodern, and traditional ways of analyzing society. The discussion moves between two forms of text: social theory and cinematic representations of contemporary life. Denzin analyzes the ideas of society embedded in poststructuralism, postmodernism, feminism, cultural studies and Marxism through the ideas of key theorists (Mills, Baudrillard, Barthes, Habermas, Jameson, Bourdieu, Derrida and others). He relates these ideas to the problematic of the postmodern self as e

Practice and Research in Social Work

Author : Barbara Fawcett
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415195126
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Practice and Research in Social Work written by Barbara Fawcett and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although postmodernist theory has been related to and explored in sociology and social policy, this book is amongst the first to apply the theories to social work, and relate them to current debates. Contributors come from the UK, Australia, South Africa and Canada and many have professional experience as social workers. They appraise the key issues in the contested field of postmodernism and feminism and focus on their applications to practice, research and education in social work.

Postmodernism, Sociology and Health

Author : Nicholas J. Fox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism, Sociology and Health written by Nicholas J. Fox and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Post-modernism and the Social Sciences

Author : Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781400810154
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Post-modernism and the Social Sciences written by Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-modernism offers a revolutionary approach to the study of society: in questioning the validity of modern science and the notion of objective knowledge, this movement discards history, rejects humanism, and resists any truth claims. In this comprehensive assessment of post-modernism, Pauline Rosenau traces its origins in the humanities and describes how its key concepts are today being applied to, and are restructuring, the social sciences. Serving as neither an opponent nor an apologist for the movement, she cuts through post-modernism's often incomprehensible jargon in order to offer all readers a lucid exposition of its propositions. Rosenau shows how the post-modern challenge to reason and rational organization radiates across academic fields. For example, in psychology it questions the conscious, logical, coherent subject; in public administration it encourages a retreat from central planning and from reliance on specialists; in political science it calls into question the authority of hierarchical, bureaucratic decision-making structures that function in carefully defined spheres; in anthropology it inspires the protection of local, primitive cultures from First World attempts to reorganize them. In all of the social sciences, she argues, post-modernism repudiates representative democracy and plays havoc with the very meaning of "left-wing" and "right-wing." Rosenau also highlights how post-modernism has inspired a new generation of social movements, ranging from New Age sensitivities to Third World fundamentalism. In weighing its strengths and weaknesses, the author examines two major tendencies within post-modernism, the largely European, skeptical form and the predominantly Anglo-North-American form, which suggests alternative political, social, and cultural projects. She draws examples from anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, law, planning, political science, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and women's studies, and provides a glossary of post-modern terms to assist the uninitiated reader with special meanings not found in standard dictionaries.

Black Issues in Social Work and Social Care

Author : Graham, Mekada
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1861348452
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Black Issues in Social Work and Social Care written by Graham, Mekada and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2007-06-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over several decades, anti-oppressive practice and anti-discriminatory perspectives have become an integral part of social work. Responding to an urgent need for an up-to-date text that addresses recent developments, this book charts the impact of social changes and new literature shaping social work theory and practice with black and minority individuals, families and communities. It builds upon popular texts addressing anti-discriminatory frameworks but focuses specifically upon black perspectives in social work, taking into account current issues and concerns. Written specifically for a US and UK market, the book provides an excellent introductory text to social work with black and minority ethnic communities for students, lecturers, practice teachers/assessors who are engaged in examining anti-discriminatory practice frameworks and black perspectives in academic settings and practice learning. It will support curriculum-based learning through its focus on anti-discriminatory practice in a climate that appears less sympathetic to the multicultural nature of British society.