The Origins of Social Work

Continuity and Change

Malcolm Payne author Jo Campling editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:31st May '05

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'A very readable text' - Jacob Kornbeck in Professional Social Work

This book traces the origins and development of social work as we now know it. Providing an ambitious synthesis of historical and international material, it explores the different faces of social work, whether defined by social policy developments, professionalization, changes in client group, or shifts in practice orientation.This book traces the origins and development of social work as we now know it. Providing an ambitious synthesis of historical and international material, it explores the different faces of social work, whether defined by social policy developments, professionalization, changes in client group, or shifts in practice orientation. This is a unique book undertaken by an author with a strong international reputation and, as such, it promises to be a landmark for years to come in the social work literature.

'A very readable text' - Jacob Kornbeck in Professional Social Work

ISBN: 9780333737910

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 413g

320 pages