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Social Work and the Community: A Critical Context for Practice

Social Work and the Community: A Critical Context for Practice

by KPopple (Author), PStepney (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

How important is the notion of community to skilled social work? This book explores how the concept relates to policy, theory and professional practice. With analysis of contemporary social problems throughout a variety of community settings, this book demonstrates how important community-based approaches are to all social workers today.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 15 Jul 2008
ISBN 10: 140399126X
ISBN 13: 9781403991263

Author Bio
KEITH POPPLE is Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University, UK, and author of Analysing Community Work (Open University Press, 1995) as well as co-editor of two other books. He is a member of the editorial board of the quarterly international journal, Community Development Journal, for which he was editor from 1998 to 2003.

PAUL STEPNEY is Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Wolverhampton, UK and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is co-editor of Social Work Models, Methods and Theories: A Framework for Practice (Russell House Publishing, 2000).