Social Work and Common Sense

A Critical Examination

Paul Michael Garrett

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040013540
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Work
• Index: Social Sciences

Rooted in a lively, critical approach to social work education and practice, Social Work and Common Sense challenges readers to think critically and more deeply about core facets of social work knowledge and 'received ideas'. Garrett draws on the work of Antonio Gramsci to develop new, and often provocative, insights on attachment theory, creativity, anger, human rights, the 'unmarried mother' in Ireland's past, and contemporary approaches to 'decolonising' social work education.

The book is divided into ten chapters, each of which includes a series of reflection and talk boxes to assist students to critically reflect (individually and in class/seminar and fieldwork/workplace discussions) on key facets of the preceding chapter.

Addressing often complex ideas in a freshly accessible way, Social Work and Common Sense will be required reading in all postgraduate and advanced undergraduate classes in theory and social work.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Endorsements
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Theorising common sense
• 3 History, common sense and the ‘unmarried mother’ in Ireland
• 4 Bowlbyism, common sense and child attachment theory
• 5 Common sense creativity
• 6 Social work, common sense and anti-anger ideology
• 7 Common sense social work and the ambivalent allure of human rights
• 8 Colonial common sense and ‘decolonising’ social work
• 9 Latin American challenges to the common sense of the global north
• 10 Conclusion – towards a new common sense for social work?
• References
• Index