Social work and poverty : attitudes and actions

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    • Dowling, Monica

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Social work and poverty : attitudes and actions

Monica Dowling

Ashgate, c1999

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-192) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This text is about the poverty of social service users within a welfare system that continues to be restructured in ways that benefit the wealthy. Dr Dowling has produced a spirited account of poverty and its effect on social service users and social workers from a number of diverse perspectives. The book includes an ethnographic study of two social work teams and, within two alternative theoretical frameworks, examines social workers' accounting for their attitudes and actions in relation to poverty issues. Further chapters discuss issues such as: how social work students have faced ethical dilemmas related to poverty on placement; and whether social work courses take seriously financial deprivation which affects the great majority of social service users and their carers. Social service users also express their views on how social workers have helped them or not with poverty related issues. Finally poverty awareness exercises are suggested which lead the reader to question the extent to which poverty not only affects the individual user and carer but also affects the organization, delivery and structure of social services provided.

目次

  • Part 1 The relationship between social work and poverty: a definition of poverty
  • poverty and stigma - a subjective interpretation
  • definitions of social work
  • definitions of welfare rights
  • the origins of the relationhips between poverty and social work
  • the philosophy and practices of the Charity Organization Society (COS)
  • social work and psychiatry
  • the casework model
  • the income maintenance system and the functions of social services
  • social workers as providers of income maintenance and/or as advocates/advisers on income maintenance
  • social work and poverty today
  • conclusions. Part 2 The restructuring of welfare: what is the restructuring of welfare?
  • social services users, social workers and the restructuring of social security
  • social service users and the restructuring of the housing market
  • conclusions. Part 3 Methodological perspectives: relating theory and method
  • a critique
  • a discussion on the nature of subjectivity
  • a feminist methodology
  • group discussion
  • participant observation - a reflexive account
  • access
  • the role of a participant observer
  • the effectiveness of the research in terms of policy and practice
  • conclusions. Part 4 Social work students and social work education: how do social work students come to know and learn?
  • research on social work education
  • what have we learnt so far about social work education?
  • what is professional knowledge?
  • the relationship between theory and practice
  • conclusions. Part 5 Social work students' attitudes to poverty: students' views on the relationship between poverty and social work
  • social control and non intervention
  • women and poverty
  • social work placements
  • students' views on the future relationship between social work and poverty
  • overseas studies
  • a poverty awareness programme
  • conclusions. Part 6 Social workers' attitudes and action in relation to poor social service users: social workers' attitudes and actions
  • theoretical models for understanding attitudes and actions
  • social psychological theories
  • a critique of the social psychological perspective
  • social construction
  • previous research on social workers' attitudes to poverty
  • fieldwork findings
  • observation studies
  • team policies on section 17 monies
  • Miss Lerner and section 17 monies
  • policy implications - income maintenance
  • research findings - "deserving" and "undeserving" poor
  • financial problems - deserving of social work time?
  • research findings - welfare benefits
  • conclusions. Part 7 Social work users with financial difficulties - their responses: power and authority
  • characteristics of social service users interviewed
  • satisfactions of social service users
  • dissatisfactions of social service users
  • participant observation in a social services waiting room
  • how users would have liked social services to respond differently
  • social workers' attitudes and actions in comparison to users' views
  • life events
  • key issues for social service users and carers
  • conclusions. )Part Contents)

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