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Social Work and the City - Urban Themes in 21st-Century Social Work (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Social Work and the City - Urban Themes in 21st-Century Social Work (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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This book critically explores ways of thinking about the city and
its relevance for the profession of social work. It provides a
colourful illustration of practice drawing on examples of social
work responses to a range of issues emerging from the unprecedented
scale, density and pace of change in cities. The associated
challenges posed for social work include: the increased segregation
of the poor, the crisis of affordable housing, homelessness,
gentrification, ageing, displacement as a result of migrations, and
the breakdown of social support and care. Drawing on multiple
disciplines, this groundbreaking work shows that these familiar
features of the twenty-first century can be counteracted by the
positive aspects of the city: its innovation, creativity and
serendipity. It has a redistributive, caring and cohesive
potential. The city can provide new opportunities and resources for
social work to influence, to collaborate, to foster participation
and involvement, and to extend its social justice mandate. The book
shows that the city represents a critical arena in terms of the
future of social work intervention and social work identity. In
doing so, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of
social work, social policy, community work and urban studies.
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