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The Personal and the Political (RLE Social Theory) - Social Work and Political Action (Hardcover)
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The Personal and the Political (RLE Social Theory) - Social Work and Political Action (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
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Are human misery, poverty and despair a result of personal
inadequacy or social injustice? Therefore is the solution to these
problems psychotherapy or political action? In one of the most
important books on social work for a decade, Paul Halmos tries to
resolve a dilemma which many social workers experience acutely -
the conflict between a desire to help those in need and a fear
that, by doing so, they merely support a political system which
should, itself, be changed. Such a dilemma was highlighted during
the sixties when 'casework' and personal counselling became
discredited by the 'rediscovery' of widespread poverty and
inequality in western society. To many the only solution seemed to
be urgent and radical political action. For Professor Halmos the
realities are more complex - an exclusive preoccupation with either
personal or political solutions is unlikely to prove fruitful -
what is needed is a dual sensitivity and balance. Yet for the
author it is the political solution which carries within it the
greater risk and he warns of the dangers inherent in the total
politicization of social concerns. He argues that social action can
become political action and ultimately political control.
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