1st Edition
Managing State Social Work Front-Line Management and the Labour Process Perspective
By John Harris
Copyright 1998
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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Published in 1998. The industrial model of the labour process developed by Braverman was applied to social work in the radical social work literature. The book engages in a more critical examination of the application of the labour process perspective to social work, with particular reference to front-line management in a local authority context. It begins with a review of the labour process... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Labour Process Perspective and Management 3. Managing State Social Work: Towards an Industrial Model of the Labour Process 4. Social Work as a Bureau-Professional State Labour Process 5. Levels in the Social Work Labour Process 6. 'Welfareville': Managing State Social Work in a Local Labour Process 7. Front-Line Managers and the Management of State Social Work 8. Front-Line Managers and Trade Unionism 9. Conclusion.
Biography
Harris, John
’This is a refreshingly challenging book which deserves serious attention.’ Professor Chris Jones, University of Liverpool, UK ’Valuable for its discussion of the background and issues...’ Social Work Review
