| Description |
xv, 299 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Making sense of the city / Charlotte Williams -- Social work and the Urban Age / Charlotte Williams -- Beyond the soup kitchen / Charlotte Williams -- Reconstructing urban social work / Charlotte Williams -- Social work research and the city / Charlotte Williams -- Social issues and the city: new directions in practice / Charlotte Williams -- Superdiversity and the city / Dirk Geldof -- Ageing in urban environments: challenges and opportunities for a critical social work practice / Chris Phillipson and Mo Ray -- Disabling cities and repositioning social work / Michael J. Prince -- Care austerity and resistance / Donna Baines -- Homelessness in western cities / Carole Zufferey -- Living on the edge: new forms of poverty and disadvantage on the urban fringe / Sonia Martin and Robin Goodman -- Educating for urban social work / Susie Costello and Julian Raxworthy -- Conclusion: urban themes in twenty-first century social work / Charlotte Williams. |
| Subject |
Social service.
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Sociology, Urban.
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City dwellers -- Services for.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Charlotte, 1954- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781137516220 |
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1137516224 |
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9781137516237 (eBook) |
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