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Despite the high aspirations of young people from disadvantaged
communities, they face barriers that are frustrating the
realisation of their educational ambitions. Combining analysis of
educational disadvantage at an international level and empirical
data derived from fieldwork in Ireland, this book analyses the
‘left-behind’ phenomenon. It explains how denied educational
equality and frustrated opportunity are undermining social cohesion
and what we can do about it.
Continuing professional development (CPD) has become a defining
issue in twenty-first century social work. There is widespread
consensus in favour of CPD. But what is it? Are there discernible
international trends? What are the barriers to participating in
CPD? What do social workers think about and want from CPD? This
book seeks to answer these questions. Based on a survey and
interviews with social work practitioners, CPD in social work
offers a unique insight into the possibilities and challenges of
CPD and the issues it presents for newly qualified and experienced
social workers in practice. Combining the perspectives of social
workers and their managers with international research, assures its
global appeal. It offers possible directions for the future of post
qualifying social work education, making it essential reading for
practitioners, educators, managers and policy-makers.
2011 shook the world politically. The Occupy Movement, Los
Indignados and the Greek Aganaktismenoi (outraged) reacted to
zombie capitalism in the West, while the Arab Spring challenged
political tyrannies in the Maghreb-Mashreq region.Democracy became
the meta-question of the moment. New communicative technologies
unleashed a tidal wave of civic protest that spread across the
globe, bringing new political actors on to the street. But what
does this protest movement mean? Are we on the threshold of a
transformation in global political consciousness? Is civil society
the necessary counter-power that is democratising democracy from
within? Or are we living through an apocalyptic terminal phase of
civilisation? In the second, revised edition of this indispensable
book, the author looks behind the mirror of power and
differentiates the real from the fake in policy and politics. It
offers an original and compelling history of the present and will
have wide appeal to a broad cross-disciplinary audience.
2011 shook the world politically. The Occupy Movement, Los
Indignados and the Greek Aganaktismenoi (outraged) reacted to
zombie capitalism in the West, while the Arab Spring challenged
political tyrannies in the Maghreb-Mashreq region.Democracy became
the meta-question of the moment. New communicative technologies
unleashed a tidal wave of civic protest that spread across the
globe, bringing new political actors on to the street. But what
does this protest movement mean? Are we on the threshold of a
transformation in global political consciousness? Is civil society
the necessary counter-power that is democratising democracy from
within? Or are we living through an apocalyptic terminal phase of
civilisation? In the second, revised edition of this indispensable
book, the author looks behind the mirror of power and
differentiates the real from the fake in policy and politics. It
offers an original and compelling history of the present and will
have wide appeal to a broad cross-disciplinary audience.
This book, now available in paperback, explores the development of
youth policy and youth work in Ireland from the mid-nineeenth
century to the present day. Based on original research, funded by
the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
(IRCHSS), it looks at the social construction of youth, the
emergence of the early youth movements and the nature and scope of
contemporary youth work. Key issues include: the shift from
mainstream to targeted provision, the professionalisation of the
sector and the increased partnership between the state and
voluntary sector. A second major theme is the treatment of young
people in industrial and reformatory schools, with particular
reference to the findings of the Ryan Report on child abuse (2009).
This is the only book which combines an exploration of the history
and current scope of youth work and youth policy, and which is
based on comprehensive original research. It will be essential
reading for lecturers and students in youth work, social sciences,
social history and related fields. -- .
With international human rights under challenge, this book
represents a comprehensive critique that adds a social policy
perspective to recent political and legalistic analysis. Expert
contributors draw on local and global examples to review constructs
of universal rights and their impact on social policy and human
welfare. With thorough analysis of their strengths, weaknesses and
enforcement, it sets out their role in domestic and geopolitical
affairs. Including a forward by Albie Sachs, this book presents an
honest appraisal of both the concepts of international human rights
and their realities. It will engage those with an interest in
social policy, ethics, politics, international relations, civil
society organisations and human rights-based approaches to
campaigning and policy development.
Over the last few decades, public opinion has been traumatised by
revelations of child abuse on a mass scale. It has become the major
human rights story of the 21st century in Western society. This
ground-breaking book explores the relationship between the media,
child abuse and shifting adult-child power relations which, in
Western countries, has spawned an ever-expanding range of laws,
policies and procedures introduced to address the 'explosion' of
interest in the issue of child abuse. Allegations of child sexual
abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland - and its 'cover-up' by
Church authorities - have given rise to one of the greatest
institutional scandals of modern history. Through in-depth analysis
of 20 years of media representation of the issue, the book draws
significant insights on the media's influence and its impact on
civil society. Highly topical and of interest and relevance to
lecturers and researchers in the areas of childhood studies,
sociology of childhood, child protection and social work, social
and public policy and human rights, as well as policymakers, this
book provides an important contribution to the international debate
about child abuse as reflected to the public through the power of
the media.
Over the last few decades, public opinion has been traumatised by
revelations of child abuse on a mass scale. It has become the major
human rights story of the 21st century in Western society. This
ground-breaking book explores the relationship between the media,
child abuse and shifting adult-child power relations which, in
Western countries, has spawned an ever-expanding range of laws,
policies and procedures introduced to address the 'explosion' of
interest in the issue of child abuse. Allegations of child sexual
abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland - and its 'cover-up' by
Church authorities - have given rise to one of the greatest
institutional scandals of modern history. Through in-depth analysis
of 20 years of media representation of the issue, the book draws
significant insights on the media's influence and its impact on
civil society. Highly topical and of interest and relevance to
lecturers and researchers in the areas of childhood studies,
sociology of childhood, child protection and social work, social
and public policy and human rights, as well as policymakers, this
book provides an important contribution to the international debate
about child abuse as reflected to the public through the power of
the media.
The political economy of the Irish welfare state provides a
fascinating interpretation of the evolution of social policy in
modern Ireland, as the product of a triangulated relationship
between church, state and capital. Using official estimates,
Professor Powell demonstrates that the welfare state is vital for
the cohesion of Irish society with half the population at risk of
poverty without it. However, the reality is of a residual welfare
system dominated by means tests, with a two-tier health service, a
dysfunctional housing system driven by an acquisitive dynamic of
home-ownership at the expense of social housing, and an education
system that is socially and religiously segregated. Using the
evolution of the Irish welfare state as a narrative example of the
incompatibility of political conservatism, free market capitalism
and social justice, the book offers a new and challenging view on
the interface between structure and agency in the formation and
democratic purpose of welfare states, as they increasingly come
under critical review and restructuring by elites.
Continuing professional development (CPD) has become a defining
issue in twenty-first century social work. There is widespread
consensus in favour of CPD. But what is it? Are there discernible
international trends? What are the barriers to participating in
CPD? What do social workers think about and want from CPD? This
book seeks to answer these questions. Based on a survey and
interviews with social work practitioners, CPD in social work
offers a unique insight into the possibilities and challenges of
CPD and the issues it presents for newly qualified and experienced
social workers in practice. Combining the perspectives of social
workers and their managers with international research, assures its
global appeal. It offers possible directions for the future of post
qualifying social work education, making it essential reading for
practitioners, educators, managers and policy-makers.
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