Radical social work today: Social work at the crossroads

by Michael Lavalette (Editor)

Overview

Created to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Bailey and Brake's seminal text Radical Social Work (1975), this volume seeks to explore the radical tradition within social work and assess its legacy, relevance and prospects.

With a foreword by Roy Bailey, the book brings together leading academics within social work in Britain to reflect on the legacy of Radical Social Work (both the original text and the wider social movement) within social work education, theory and practice.

With the current issues facing social work in Britain, this book examines the radical tradition to assert that 'another social work is possible'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847428189
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	02/23/2011
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Lavalette is Associate Professor of Social Work at Liverpool Hope Universityand national coordinator of the Social Work Action Network. He has written numerous books and articles about social work and social policy, including International Social Work and the Radical Tradition (co-edited with Iain Ferguson) and Globalisation, Global Justice and Social Work (co-edited with Elizabeth Whitmore and Iain Ferguson).

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors iv

Acknowledgements vii

Foreword Roy Bailey ix

Introduction Michael Lavalette I

1 Case Con and radical social work in the 1970s: the impatient revolutionaries JeremyWeinstein II

2 The best and worst of times: reflections on the impact of radicalism on British social work education in the 1970s Chris Jones 27

3 Social work and women's oppression today Laura Penketh 27

4 The jester's joke Charlotte Williams 59

5 LGBT oppression, sexualities and radical social work today Laura Miles 79

6 Radical social work and service users: a crucial connection Peter Beresford 95

7 Why class (still) matters Iain Ferguson 115

8 International social work or social work internationalism? Radical social work in global perspective Michael Lavalette Vasilios loakimidis 135

9 Rediscovering radicalism and humanity in social work Mary Langan 153

10 Re-gilding the ghetto: community work and community development in 21 st-century Britain Sarah Banks 165

11 Resisting the EasyCare model: building a more radical, community-based, anti-authoritarian social work for the future Mark Baldwin 187

Bibliography 205

Index 231

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"The contributors to this incisive and compelling book provide a review of the radical social work heritage and assess its contemporary significance and future prospects. It should be read widely by those concerned about the state of social work and committed to seeking its emancipatory potential." John Harris, University of Warwick

Editorial Reviews

"The contributors to this incisive and compelling book provide a review of the radical social work heritage and assess its contemporary significance and future prospects. It should be read widely by those concerned about the state of social work and committed to seeking its emancipatory potential." John Harris, University of Warwick

From the Publisher