Transforming Social Work Practice, 1st Edition, 9780415216470
Paperback
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 adavantage of the perspectives offered by postmodern theory.

Transforming Social Work Practice, 1st Edition

Postmodern Critical Perspectives

  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    22 April 1999

Summary

Showing that postmodern theory offers new strategies for social workers concerned with political action and social justice, this text 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. In the context of ongoing cuts to gover…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780415216470
ISBN-10:0415216478
Author:Bob Pease, Jan Fook
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Edition:1st
Release Date:22 April 1999
Weight:460g
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm
About The Author

Bob Pease

Bob Pease is Senior Lecturer in Social Science and Social Work at RMIT, Melbourne and author of Men and Sexual Politics and Recreating Men. Jan Fook is Professor of Social Work at Deakin University, Australia and author of Radical Casework and editor of The Reflective Researcher.

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