| Description |
xxx, 292 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The culture of social work / Laura Epstein -- Waiting for Foucault: social work and the multitudinous truth(s) of life / Allan Irving -- Foucault's approach: making the familiar visible / Adrienne S. Chambon -- Social work, social control, and normalization: roundtable discussion with Michel Foucault -- Reconfiguring child welfare practices: risk, advanced liberalism, and the government of freedom / Nigel Parton -- Contested territory: sexualities and social work / |
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Carol-Anne O'Brien -- Foucault and therapy: the disciplining of grief / Catherine E. Foote and Arthur W. Frank --Resistance and old age: the subject behind the American seniors' movement / Frank T.Y. Wang -- Surveillance and government of the welfare recipient / Ken Moffat -- Postmodernity, ethnography, and Foucault / John Devine -- Conclusion: issues to look forward to / Adrienne S. Chambon and Allan Irving. |
| Subject |
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
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Social service -- Philosophy.
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Social service.
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| Added Author |
Chambon, Adrienne S., 1949-
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Irving, Allan.
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Epstein, Laura.
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| ISBN |
0231107161 cloth alkaline paper |
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023110717X paperback |
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