Social work and the city : urban themes in 21st-century social work / Charlotte Williams, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Charlotte, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Sociology, Urban.

City dwellers--Services for.

City dwellers.

Physical Description:

xv, 299 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Contents:

Making sense of the city / Charlotte Williams

Social work and the Urban Age / Charlotte Williams

Beyond the soup kitchen / Charlotte Williams

Reconstructing urban social work / Charlotte Williams

Social work research and the city / Charlotte Williams

Social issues and the city: new directions in practice / Charlotte Williams

Superdiversity and the city / Dirk Geldof

Ageing in urban environments: challenges and opportunities for a critical social work practice / Chris Phillipson and Mo Ray

Disabling cities and repositioning social work / Michael J. Prince

Care austerity and resistance / Donna Baines

Homelessness in western cities / Carole Zufferey

Living on the edge: new forms of poverty and disadvantage on the urban fringe / Sonia Martin and Robin Goodman

Educating for urban social work / Susie Costello and Julian Raxworthy

Conclusion: urban themes in twenty-first century social work / Charlotte Williams.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137516220

1137516224

OCLC:

950953820