1st Edition

Social Work and Poverty Attitudes and Actions

By Monica Dowling Copyright 1999
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1999, this much-needed volume powerfully re-evaluates attitudes to the ‘deserving and ‘undeserving’ poor and aims to investigate social workers’ attitudes and actions towards poverty issues, social service users who have needed financial help and to question whether learning about poverty is an integrated part of social work students’ training and social workers’ in-service... Read more

1. The Relationship Between Social Work and Poverty. 2. The Restructuring of Welfare. 3. Methodological Perspectives. 4. Social Work Students and Social Work Education. 5. Social Work Students’ Attitudes to Poverty. 6. Social Workers’ Attitudes and Actions in Relation to Poor Social Service Users. 7. Social Service Users with Financial Difficulties – Their Responses. 8. Social Work, Poverty and Social Exclusion.

Biography

Monica Dowling