Social work and community development : a critical practice perspective / Catherine Forde and Deborah Lynch.
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Palgrave ,
2015.
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Series: | Reshaping social work.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrative Material
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Social work and community development: An introduction
- Change and continuity in social work
- Social work and community
- Community work and community development
- Community development and social work: Connections in practice, values, and knowledge
- Chapter outline
- Main Points
- 2 Ideology, policy and community
- Introduction
- The international policy context 1950-2013
- Consequences of the neo-liberal 'turn': New public management
- The impact of managerialism on social work
- The 'turn' to community in international policy
- In conclusion: Challenges and opportunities for social work and community development
- Main Points
- 3 Beyond dominant discourses: Challenges and opportunities
- Introduction
- What is discourse?
- Discourse and social work
- Challenging dominant discourses in the social professions
- Social work in the community: Emerging opportunities for critical practice
- In conclusion: Policy and practices beyond dominant discourses
- Main Points
- 4 Directions in social work theory
- Introduction
- Making Connections between Values, Theories and Practices
- The ebb and flow of ideas in social work
- Structural social work: Transforming the social order?
- Post-modern orientations in social work theory
- Critical realist practices
- Advocacy, empowerment and human rights
- In conclusion: Critical realist practices
- a way forward?
- Main Points
- 5 Making connections in principle and practice
- Introduction
- Community development: Origins, continuity and change
- Directions in community development in Latin America: Challenge and innovation
- The community development process: Synergies with social work
- In conclusion: The social work cycle?
- Main Points
- 6 Creative activism in social work practice
- Introduction
- Social workers as activists
- Activism, citizenship and community development
- New and emerging forms of social work activism
- In conclusion: New fronts for creative activism?
- Main Points
- 7 Scaffolding critical practice in the community development context
- Introduction
- 'Critical consciousness': Facilitating and scaffolding critical community practices
- 'Critical consciousness': Practice frameworks and communities of practice
- Scaffolding practices: Social workers as researchers for social change
- In conclusion: Reflection and renewal for sustained critical practices
- Main Points
- Conclusion: New opportunities for social work engagement with critical community development approaches
- Introduction
- Prospects for a critical and engaged practice
- Social work and community development: Emerging possibilities
- Critical directions in social work policy, education and practice
- Main Points
- Bibliography
- Index