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Social welfare and social value : the role of the caring professions

Title
Social welfare and social value : the role of the caring professions / Richard Hugman.
Author
Hugman, Richard, 1954-
Publication
Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan, 1998.

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Description
x, 246 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Changes in ideas about welfare have required caring professions to adapt their practices in ways which challenge their underlying values and their relationships with service users. This book examines the implications of such changes.
Subject
  • Social service
  • Public welfare
  • Social values
  • Social Welfare
  • Social Values
  • Social Work
  • Public Assistance
  • welfare services
  • Social values
  • Public welfare
  • Social service
  • Sociale dienstverlening
  • Welzijnszorg
  • Sociale waarden
  • Beroepspraktijk
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index.
Contents
pt. I. The Values of Social Welfare -- 1. Values in Policy and Practice -- 2. Values Revisited: Need, Citizenship and Responsibility -- 3. The Role of Professional Values -- pt. II. The Commodification of Social Welfare -- 4. Producing Social Welfare -- 5. Professionals as Producers -- 6. Service Users as Consumers -- pt. III. The Professions in Social Welfare -- 7. Reshaping Relations in Social Welfare -- 8. The Future of Professionalism.
ISBN
  • 0333645731
  • 9780333645734
  • 033364574X
  • 9780333645741
OCLC
  • ocm40112377
  • 40112377
  • SCSB-381749
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library