Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work
Title | Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work PDF eBook |
Author | Goetz Ottmann |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2023-08-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000921573 |
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a critical juncture in the development of the welfare state affirming its importance for its citizens’ economic, health and wellbeing, and safety, especially for its most vulnerable populations. It demonstrated that the crisis preparedness that is crucial for an effective protection of its citizens, the ultimate purpose of the welfare state, unquestionably exceeds the narrow horizon of a corporatised welfare industry with its singular focus on the maximisation of profit for the elites and cost containment for the government. Social workers need to engage with the contradictions and tensions that spring from underfunded welfare services and engage in the political struggle over a well-resourced welfare state. Contributors to this book take on this challenge. By tracing the various contradictions of the pandemic, the contributors reflect on new ways of thinking about welfare by exploring what to keep, what to challenge and what to change. By highlighting important challenges for a social justice-focused response as well as exploring the many challenges exposed by the pandemic facing social work for the coming decades, contributors critically outline pathways in social work that might contribute to the shaping of a less cruel and more capable welfare state. Using case-studies from Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia, Italy, Slovenia, Estonia, Sweden, Spain, South Africa, Canada, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, China and the United States, the book features 19 chapters by leading experts. This book will be of interest to all social work scholars, students and practitioners, as well as those working in social policy and health more broadly.
Virtues for the People
Title | Virtues for the People PDF eBook |
Author | Geert Roskam |
Publisher | Universitaire Pers Leuven |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 905867858X |
This collection of essays addresses Plutarch's writings on practical ethics from different perspectives, including regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying philosophical and social presuppositions.
Borges and Dante
Title | Borges and Dante PDF eBook |
Author | Humberto Núñez-Faraco |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9783039105113 |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctorate--University College, London, 2001).
Radical Social Work in Practice
Title | Radical Social Work in Practice PDF eBook |
Author | Ferguson, Iain |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2009-05-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781861349910 |
This much-needed textbook provides a fresh understanding of the radical tradition and shows how it can be developed in contemporary social work.
Archimedis Opera omnia
Title | Archimedis Opera omnia PDF eBook |
Author | Archimedes |
Publisher | Рипол Классик |
Pages | 479 |
Release | 1880 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 5873234825 |
Spain's First Democracy
Title | Spain's First Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Stanley G. Payne |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780299136741 |
Payne's study places Spain's Second Republic within the historical framework of Spanish liberalism, and the rapid modernisation of inter-war Europe. He aims to present a consistent and detailed interpretation, demonstrating striking parallels to the German Weimar Republic.
Professional Imperialism
Title | Professional Imperialism PDF eBook |
Author | James Midgley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Developing countries |
ISBN | 9780435825683 |