| Description |
ix, 197 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Themes and Issues / A.Christie -- Gendered Discourses of Welfare, Men and Social Work / A.Christie -- Men in Social Work: the Double-Edge / K.Pringle -- Men Social Workers in Children's Services: 'Will the Real Man Please Stand Up?' / S.Hicks -- Men, Social Work and Men's Violence to Women / J.Hearn -- Men Probation Officers: Gender and Change in the Probation Service / J.Annison -- Men and Community Care / R.Bowl -- Men and Mental Health: A View from Social Work Practice / N.Phillips -- Men and Masculinities in Social Work Education / V.E.Cree |
| Summary |
This book brings together social work practitioners and academics to discuss the position of men as social workers and service users within British welfare. The gendered nature of welfare and relationships between men's violence and social work are examined, as are analyses of men in the specific practice areas of probation, community care, mental healthservices, social work with children, and social work education |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 164-186 |
| Subject |
Social service -- Great Britain.
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Men -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Christie, Alastair.
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| ISBN |
0333690834 paperback |
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