1st Edition

Analysing Social Work Communication Discourse in Practice

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

With communication and relationships at the core of social work, this book reveals the way it is foremost a practice that becomes reality in dialogue, illuminating some of the profession’s key dilemmas. Applied discourse studies illustrate the importance of talk and interaction in the construction of everyday and institutional life. This book provides a detailed review and illustration of the... Read more

1. Social Work Discourse In Practice Christopher  Hall, Kirsi Juhila, Maureen Matarese and Carolus van Nijnatten  2. Analysing Social Work Interaction: Premises and Approaches  Kirsi Juhila, Åsa Mäkitalo and Martine Noordegraaf  3. Categorization  Åsa Mäkitalo  4. Accountability  Maureen Matarese and Dorte Caswell  5. Boundary Work  Stef Slembrouck and Christopher Hall  6. Narrative  Christopher Hall and Maureen Matarese  7. Advice-giving  Christopher Hall and Stef Slembrouck  8. Resistance  Kirsi Juhila, Dorte Caswell and Suvi Raitakari  9. Delicacy  Carolus van Nijnatten and Eero Suoninen  10. Reported Speech  Kirsi Juhila, Arja Jokinen and Sirpa Saario  11. Discourse Analysis of ’Ordinary’ Social Work  Christopher Hall, Kirsi Juhila, Maureen Matarese and Carolus van Nijnatten

Biography

Christopher Hall is Social Care Researcher in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health at Durham University, UK.

Kirsi Juhila is Professor in social work at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Tampere, Finland.

Maureen Matarese is Assistant Professor in developmental skills at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, USA.

Carolus van Nijnatten is Professor in social studies of child welfare in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands.