Reinventing social work : reflections on the metaphysics of social practice
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Reinventing social work : reflections on the metaphysics of social practice
（Mellen studies in social work, v. 8）
The Edwin Mellen Press, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index
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The main purpose of this book is to educate both faculty and students about the nature and paradox of contemporary social practice - dynamics of diversity, discourse and development. Aspects and issues involve social constructs that are used and abused in the problem solving processes. From poverty and powerlessness to violence and terror we find human ingenuity's attempt to solve problems which persist. A strategic rethinking is therefore in order to see that knowledge, resources and opportunities are not lost in vain. The point of this work is meaningful, enduring resolution of human alienation and social misery. The analyses proffered here seek a unified response to uplift the human condition (at the expense of fragmented approaches and ineffective social interventions). A new theory of social work is one the intended outcomes of this study. This book will be of great interest to most social scientists, especially students and educators of social work, sociology, social policy, and social development who value critical self-refection as a vehicle of social transformation. There is no other book in the field that rivals this critical-analytical inter-disciplinary work.
"The field's academics need this work as reference and guide; its students need to understand the meaning of their professional choices."
by "Nielsen BookData"
