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A new history of social work : values and practice in the struggle for social justice / John H. Pierson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pierson, John H., author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in social work
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social service--Great Britain--History.
- Social service.
- History.
- Great Britain--Social policy.
- Great Britain.
- Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- John H. Pierson worked for Cheshire Social Services for many years before moving to teach at Staffordshire University, from which he has just retired after 30 years. He is the author of Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion: Promoting Social Justice in Social Work (Routledge, 2016), among many other publications.
- Contents:
- Family visiting and the relief of poverty
- The relieving officer as first state social worker
- State and charitable social work
- Finding moral voice : ethics and values in peace and war
- Women take the field
- Competing visions, different pathways
- Social work and social democracy
- Social work in a market society
- Social justice and social work in the 21st century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pierson, John H. A new history of social work
- ISBN:
- 9780429024276
- 0429024274
- 9780429656651
- 0429656653
- 9780429659096
- 0429659091
- 9780429654213
- 0429654219
- Publisher Number:
- 40030860952
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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