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Sociology and Social Work
About this book
Sociological perspectives can be used to analyse societal and structural influences on human behaviour at individual, group and community levels. The authors link sociological concepts, debates and theories relating to key areas such as poverty, social exclusion, education, social class and social justice to develop your students? understanding of how sociological perspectives will impact upon their social work placements and practice.
This book begins by taking you step-by-step through the ins and outs of why sociology is important to social work. It explains the relevance of sociology to everyday social work practice, introducing you to the core sociological perspectives that you?ll need to get to grips with during your course, including functionalism, Marxism, symbolic interactionism and postmodernism. The book then moves on to explore various social issues in detail (i.e. poverty, social class, social exclusion, education, moral panics), with extended case studies, activities and links to skills in practice illustrating the many opportunities and challenges that each aspect brings to everyday practice. There are also important chapters on family, community and the role of sociology in social work training.
This book begins by taking you step-by-step through the ins and outs of why sociology is important to social work. It explains the relevance of sociology to everyday social work practice, introducing you to the core sociological perspectives that you?ll need to get to grips with during your course, including functionalism, Marxism, symbolic interactionism and postmodernism. The book then moves on to explore various social issues in detail (i.e. poverty, social class, social exclusion, education, moral panics), with extended case studies, activities and links to skills in practice illustrating the many opportunities and challenges that each aspect brings to everyday practice. There are also important chapters on family, community and the role of sociology in social work training.
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Yes, you can access Sociology and Social Work by Jo Cunningham,Steve Cunningham,Alice O′Sullivan in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Work. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Advertisement
- Acknowledgements
- About the authors
- Series editor’s preface
- Introduction
- 1 Developing a sociological imagination: debunking society
- 2 Poverty
- 3 Families
- 4 Community
- 5 Moral panics
- 6 Education
- 7 Social class
- 8 Looking back, looking forwards: the relevance of sociology for social work
- Appendix 1 Professional capabilities framework
- Appendix 2 Subject benchmark for social work
- References
- Index