Transforming Social Work Practice

Postmodern Critical Perspectives

Jan Fook, Bob Pease, Jan Fook (Deakin University, Australia) , Peter Leonard (McGill University, Canada)

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Routledge
22 April 1999

Social issues & processes; Social work

Showing that postmodern theory offers new strategies for social workers concerned with political action and social justice, this text explores ways of developing practice frameworks, paradigms and principles which take advantage of the perspectives offered by postmodern theory without totally abandoning the values of modernity and the Enlightenment project of human emancipation. Case studies demonstrate how these perspectives can be applied to practice. In the context of ongoing cuts to government spending and the demise of the welfare state, this collection shows how social workers can move from conventional understandings of practice to paradigms and models with are more relevant to today's world.

Foreword by: Peter Leonard (McGill University Canada)
Edited by: Jan Fook, Bob Pease, Jan Fook (Deakin University, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9780415216463
ISBN 10: 041521646X
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 22 April 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bob Pease is Senior Lecturer in Social Science and Social Work at RMIT, Melbourne and author of Men and Sexual Politics and Recreating Men. Jan Fook is Professor of Social Work at Deakin University, Australia and author of Radical Casework and editor of The Reflective Researcher.