184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Social workers need to recognize the critical role that theory plays both in the way they make sense of what is going on and in the way they order their work. Such recognition clarifies practice for both the worker and the client. David Howe's classic text provides a framework to help social workers develop an understanding of the theories which inescapably underpin their thoughts and actions.... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The consumer reports; Making sense; Sorting out social work theories; The world of objects and subjects; Order and conflict in society; A taxonomy of social work theories; The fixers; The psychoanalytic tradition in social work; Behavioural social work; The seekers after meaning; Client-centred approaches; The raisers of consciousness; Radical practice; The revolutionaries; Marxist social work; Theories for social work and theories of social work; Bibliography; Subject index; Name index.
Biography
David Howe is Dean of the School of Social Work and Psychosocial Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. He has also worked as a child care officer, social worker and team leader. He was the founding Editor of the journal Child and Family Social Work.
