Social work, politics and society: From radicalism to orthodoxy

This original and stimulating book examines contemporary issues in social work, particularly exploring the politicisation of the profession from the 1970s onwards. Detailing the wider social and political influences on the development of social work, the book argues that underlying much social theory and practice is a pessimistic and degraded view of humanity.

The author discusses different areas of social work in relation to this diminished view of the human subject, exploring the rise of ...