Understanding agency – Social welfare and change
Autor Liz Jefferyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 feb 2011
Using student-friendly features such as case studies and a glossary, this textbook provides an introduction to the concept of agency and how it can usefully inform social welfare practice. It considers how agency and power inter-relate and how it can inform new ways of thinking about the individual and society. Tracing the origins of agency and exploring the contributions of key thinkers from sociological and social policy perspectives, the book demonstrates a model of achievable change and in doing so represents an optimistic view on social work's potential to contribute to this. It is essential reading for students and professionals training in social welfare, social work and education.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781847423313
ISBN-10: 1847423310
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 178 x 247 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bristol University Press
ISBN-10: 1847423310
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 178 x 247 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bristol University Press
Recenzii
With new local permissiveness on organisational arrangements and with sector led improvement the new mantra, this is a timely and important contribution to understanding the contribution social work can potentially still make. Peter Dwyer, Director of Adults, Children and Education, City of York Council
A readable, wide-ranging and very topical exploration of the concept of agency which demonstrates its real potential for developing theory and practice in social work and social welfare more generally. Nigel Parton, University of Huddersfield
At once bold, clear, straightforward and radical, this closely observed account puts relationship and agency at the heart of social work: offering the possibility for active participation in the creation of lives lived with meaning and purpose. Leonie Hilliard, Principal Adult Psychotherapist, South West Yorkshire NHS Trust
Notă biografică
Liz Jeffery
Cuprins
Introduction
A theoretical introduction
Social workers and service users
Service users as co-producers of services
Agency and structure: individuals in society
Conclusion
Afterword
A theoretical introduction
Social workers and service users
Service users as co-producers of services
Agency and structure: individuals in society
Conclusion
Afterword